^^ That is just like someone saying that MB were cheap not to put a trunk release inside the cab. They put a button on or near the trunk because they thought that if you do actually need to open it you would be near it first.

For major fun have a look at a RHD W124 - speaking for asian market here, UK maybe different, other models maybe similar.

hood release on the RHD passenger side
arm rest on the RHD passenger seat
Gear shift gate exactly of LHD, all other car's have the opposite if they follow a notched gate pattern like MB.
key on the wrong side of the column, in RHD they put the key on the left side - while all other cars have it standard with your right hand, RHD version seems its for lefties.

I think even the newer MB are like that - in the UK the windscreen wipers of some models I saw were of LHD

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