In an Exhibition seven cars of different companies - Cadillac, Ambassador,…

Concept: In a linear facing-arrangement puzzle, ‘right’ and ‘left’ are defined by the direction the row itself faces, not by the reader’s own viewpoint. When a row faces East, turning right (clockwise) points South and turning left points North — so ‘right of X’ means south of X, and ‘left of X’ means north of X. Clues such as ‘next to’, ‘nth to the right/left’, and ‘between’ translate directly into arithmetic on a single position scale running from the southern end to the northern end, and combining every clue by substitution pins down each car’s slot uniquely.

1. Number the seven slots 1 (southern end) through 7 (northern end) of the row, which faces East, so right = south (smaller number) and left = north (larger number).

2. Clue D: Fiat is third to the left (north) of Ambassador and sits at one end, so Fiat’s slot = Ambassador’s slot + 3. The only slot value satisfying this while also being an end is Fiat = 7 (the northern end), which forces Ambassador = 4.

3. Clue B: Fargo is fourth to the right (south) of Fiat, so Fargo’s slot = 7 − 4 = 3.

4. Clue A: Cadillac is immediately to the right (south) of Fargo, so Cadillac’s slot = 3 − 1 = 2.

5. Clue C: the unplaced slots are 1, 5, and 6, for Maruti, Bedford, and Mercedes. Maruti sits between Ambassador (slot 4) and Bedford; among the unplaced slots, only Bedford = 6 leaves an unplaced slot (5) strictly between them, so Maruti = 5 and Mercedes takes the last open slot, 1.

6. The full row from south to north is therefore: Mercedes (1), Cadillac (2), Fargo (3), Ambassador (4), Maruti (5), Bedford (6), Fiat (7).

Cross-check: checking every clue against this row confirms it is the unique solution: Cadillac (2) is immediately south of Fargo (3); Fargo (3) is four slots south of Fiat (7); Maruti (5) lies between Ambassador (4) and Bedford (6); and Fiat (7) is three slots north of Ambassador (4) while occupying the northern end. All four conditions hold simultaneously.

Result: among the four statements, only “Maruti is next left of Ambassador” matches this row — Maruti (5) sits immediately north of Ambassador (4), i.e. immediately to its left. The other statements describe a direction or distance that does not match the derived row: Bedford (6) sits to the right (south), not the left, of Fiat (7); Bedford occupies a slot one place in from the northern end rather than an end itself; and Fiat (7) sits several slots to the left (north) of Maruti (5), not two slots to its right.