Mark Anderson

Does anyone have any info on how many RHD 928's were built?

rixter

only Porsche AG can answer that

John Speake

About 4000 for the uk market, don't know about other RHD markets...

ROG100

Rough numbers - Total 60000 less 24000 for US & Canada. Leaves 36000.
4250 for the UK. The next biggest market would be Australia - so maybe 4000. Say 1000 for Japan.
Another 1000 for other RHD countries gives you 10250. Leaving 25750 for the ROW left hookers.
Just a stab in the dark 8>)

atb

ROG, I've heard a rumor that Japan only got LHD units?

ROG100

Adam,
Good point.
As I said a stab in the dark. Less 1000 for Japan.
Roger

Vilhuer

4000 is way too much for Australia I think. They used to have fairly high car taxation in the past and possibly still have. This limited number of cars sold there. I would say 1500 tops for them. Few 100 each for New Zeeland and South Africa and some 100's for rest. Some Japanise cars are RHD but most are LHD. Lets say 500 RHD for them.

4250 UK
1500 Australia
500 Japan
150 New Zeeland
150 South Africa
750 all other RHD markets
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7300 total

I quess in reality number could be anything between 6000 and 8000.

Mark Anderson

Thanks for the info,
One of the reasons I am asking is because I have a small problem at the moment. A customer ordered a part on line from Australia which was a rhd specifc part. Our information does not list the part as being right or left hand drive specific but it is only for RHD cars. My one thought is that if you live in a country which has RHD cars (which is not common) and you are order online from a company in the US which is LHD should you have any resonsibility in choosing the correct part?
As I said the problem is minor and easily rectified with some extra shipping I'm just wondering what the average customer in a RHD country thinks.

Vilhuer

Its practially impossible to get LHD into Australia due to their strict laws so I think its safe to assume its RHD car.

On second thought these might be closer to actual numbers:

4250 UK
750 Australia
100 Japan
100 New Zeeland
100 South Africa
200 all other RHD markets
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5500 total

Mark Anderson

I guess my thought is that if your car is different than over 90% of the 928's in the world and you are ordering from a different country I would assume you would be concerned about getting the correct part. I would not order an electrical appliance from the UK with out making sure is was for 110v.

Hilton

Personally, I figure its my responsibility to make sure I'm ordering the right parts that I need for my car.

Its a known risk in buying from LHD countries and frankly if your customer isn't prepared to accept that risk they should be encouraged to buy from local RHD-only parts suppliers here in Australia. "I didn't realise" is not a valid reason to return a part IMHO, especially when shipping costs are so high.

This makes PET and also the PDF files from Porsche in RHD countries (e.g. Porsche UK) invaluable, for those of us prepared to learn about our cars and who're willing to spend the time required to research the bits before we order them.

For those not prepared to spend the time, the trade-off is lost money, either by paying Australian OEM suppliers, or by getting the wrong parts sometimes.

In your shoes, I'd just make it clear to future international customers that the shipping costs are not refundable, and the cost of returning an item is their expense too.

Just my 2c

Mark Anderson

Thanks for your input. We have no problem taking the parts back, my concern is who pays for the shipping. I have made some changes with lots of our description to include that they are LHD where appropiate.

jon928se

Mark

Did you find a LHD specific part for which there is no equivalent 927 (RHD specific) part No. ?

From memory the RHD specific stuff to be aware of is.

Brake M/C and hard lines
Coolant Res and some hoses
PS Rack and Hoses
Dash - (Obviously)
Clutch lines
Hood release cable
Accelerator pedal cable
Wiring looms

ExKiwi

>200 all other RHD markets

I think all the ones that went to Hong Kong ended up in NZ as 2nd hand imports

heinrich

Sorry Mark, I think the same can be said of you ... you're a specialist, you know the order is from Aus .... Honestly I would say, a customer would not think about Left or Right ... I would not have unless I were as I am, a foreigner...