LHD car

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A car whose steering wheel is on the left side, designed to be driven on the right side of the road.

   Grammar: Countable: say 'an LHD car' or 'LHD cars'; the abbreviation stands for left-hand drive.

   Patterns

   • an LHD car
   • drive an LHD car
   • LHD cars are sold in …

   Most cars sold in the United States and mainland Europe are LHD cars.

   If you import a car from Germany to the UK, you may have to convert an LHD car to right-hand drive.

   Renting an LHD car makes sense if you plan to drive across France and Spain.

2. 2adjectivebefore a noun

   Having the steering wheel on the left side, as a vehicle is built.

   Grammar: Used before a noun: an LHD vehicle. It describes the vehicle, not the driver.

   Patterns

   • LHD vehicle
   • LHD model
   • be LHD

   This van is LHD, so the driver sits on the left.

   They ordered the LHD version because they were moving to Canada.

   Check whether the truck is LHD or RHD before you buy it.

Word forms

Common combinations

LHD vehicle

The dealer had only LHD vehicles in stock.

convert a car to LHD

It is expensive to convert a car to LHD.

LHD model

The LHD model is the one sold in Europe.

import an LHD car

They imported an LHD car from Belgium.

LHD or RHD

Tell me whether it is LHD or RHD.

Synonyms and how they differ

left-hand drive

The full form of the same idea; it is more formal and can be used after the verb, as in 'The car is left-hand drive.'

left-hand-drive

The hyphenated adjective form used before a noun, e.g. 'a left-hand-drive truck'.

Opposites

Word family

RHD abbreviation

Right-hand drive: the steering wheel is on the right side.

drive noun

In this context, the side on which the driver sits and controls the car.

Commonly confused: LHD car or RHD?

Practice

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