Left hand lug nuts are back, baby!
Chrysler had it decades ago. It was a great idea & well worth it from the safety aspect.
Chrysler didn't think it up, not even close. It was a left over from much earlier cars that used spindle mount wheels, and as such had wheels retained by a single, large spindle nut.
The single nut arrangement means that the nut is at the center of the axis, just like the wheel, so the wheel spinning in the opposite direction as the threads can be an issue. So with large knock off style spindle nuts they had the threads run the other way.
When you use a multi-bolt pattern, the lugs are not at the center of the axle anymore. And their smaller size makes them less effected by the rotation of the wheel than a large single nut.
All Chrysler did was stick with it long after everyone else realized it was completely unnecessary when you go away from a single spindle nut retention system. It came back to Nascar because they went back to a single nut retention system for their wheels.
You won't see it come back to production vehicles with a multi-bolt pattern.
