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Originally Posted by Stankia
If they are why is the US E46 M3 using completely different headers than the EU M3? Maybe the US and EU emission laws are now more equal, but it was not the case 6+ years ago.
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Again, you have to ask yourself how every other high performance car company does it. The reasons can't logically be blamed on US law, but can only be due to corporate strategy. Obviously, it's not worth it to US spec a car when only a few of them are going to be produced.
They're just throwing a bone out there to say, "see we can do it, just like Porsche." However, they are showing no signs of actually wanting to compete in the real high-performance consumer market.
EDIT: I was typing while Southlight was posting. He said it more directly than I did, but I couldn't agree with him more. It is ridiculous to try to claim it's because US laws pertaining to auto standards are too restrictive.