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Originally Posted by jsimon7777
Tadasan said in some interview that they went for the boxer so they could keep the low-hood sportscar look while still meeting new pedestrian crash laws. This is actually a big deal, though many cars are now using a system then raises the hood in a pedestrian crash. Look around and you'll see most cars sporting bulbous front ends, proving his point.
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This is true. There is a standard in Europe that requires vehicles' front ends to be at a certain height design so that if you were to hit a pedestrian, there's less likely of a chance of killing them. I have no idea how that works, but that's just how it is. And manufacturers obviously have to meet those standards even if other countries don't have such standards since most manufacturers wouldn't be willing to spend extra money to have vehicles designed just for a specific continent when they can just rebadge and rename them.