Old Italian cars with steering wheel on right?

Beyond the true racing reasons, here are some considerations (from Italy) about this issue :



1) In Italy , road traffic changed from left to right hand since 1/1/1924.

2) At that time, our roads were rather narrow and the most part remained so till the sixties , the years of great changes .

3) Due to the above reason, the most part of drivers felt safer when driving a RHD car, since in this way it was easier to follow the right side of the road, especially when happens to meet another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

4) Even the more skilled drivers didn't agreed the changes of 1924, so , they preferred for many years to buy RHD cars. In the mean time a RHD car pointed out , the distinction of his owner/driver.

5) So, particularly the premium Italian car brands, in those years (and till the end of fifties) built most of their cars RHD because, this represented also a good solution of marketing, being RHD cars good for internal market and for the markets under British influence.



Things changed when the roads became larger and safer in the ’60 and when the last diehards drivers, realized that it was more comfortable, to pay tolls on motorways or to show documents at customs borders, from the left window...