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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN
You mean thanks "green society" because it's not just the U.S. that it had to pass emissions in otherwise it would've been like the e36 m3 where euro and JDM spec had higher HP and torque numbers
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That was partly tongue-in cheek, but I suspect its also cheaper to offer one power level (with differences being due to fuel quality only), rather than developing/tuning region-specific running gear for a global car.
Might as well just tune/develop for the strictest regime.