But not our advantage, least not yet: right-hand-drive versions have yet to get the go-ahead.

Cadillac intends to sell the Seville, including a right-hand-drive version, in more than 40 countries.

It does plan to start exporting right-hand-drive versions of the car - in 1997.

About 2.5 million vehicles have been sold worldwide in left-hand and right-hand-drive versions, as a berline (saloon) and break (estate).

Taurus sales, for instance, are up 57 percent, on a year-to-year basis, since the right-hand-drive version was introduced in March.

The company will begin selling a right-hand-drive version of its Voyager mini-van in Japan in the spring.

Chrysler introduced a right-hand-drive version early last year and cut the base price 30 percent, to about $37,000.

In the next few years, it also plans to import right-hand-drive versions of its low-priced Neon and of a new mini-van.

The right-hand-drive version was not possible with the turbocharged motor due to the proximity of turbocharger in the right-hand side of engine bay.

That will come in 1996, when it will begin selling right-hand-drive versions of the Taurus sedan and Explorer sport utility vehicle.