Hello I am on the waiting list for a new Smart Roadster which will be delivered in April. The RHD model doesn't come out until July and I'm wondering if I am making a mistake getting the LHD version.
Is insurance for LHD smarts more expensive?
How much of a hit will I take by getting LHD when I come to selling it?
Is it a bad idea getting the LHD?
Have I overlooked anything when it comes to LHD cars?
Your comments are appreciated.
Micky
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For the sake of 3 months, I'd get the rhd.
Early Smarts with LHD don't take much of a depreciation or insurnace hit, but they were around long enough with no rhd for that not to be a problem.
As there will only be three months between the two versions, yours will be worth quite a bit less second hand, be more hassle, and may cost a little more to insure.
It won't be disastrous, but probably something like £1000 over three years in depreciation, possibly a tiny bit extra in insurance.
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With rhd ones on the market a lhd will be difficult to shift when you come to sell it. So buy rhd.
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I think that Smart Roadsters will be the big hit of next year and they'll be so hard to get that anyone who had got their name down for one now is unlikely to have backed a loser. They're so small that LHD makes hardly any difference and doesn't in London anyway where it is more of a benefit than a bummer. (I used to run left hookers and had no problems.) But do make 100% sure that you order the steering wheel gearshift buttons because they are essential.
HJ
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