eli5: why are there automotive regulations between different markets?

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ex. Why does Japan give the USA the naturally aspirated and sometime lesser quality compared to their market. Why not share it’s essentially the same car? this may be stupid.

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It may not be legal.

Different countries have different regulations as far as safety and emissions are concerned.

So while it may be easier and cheaper to homogenize their line up across all markets, it may not be legal. So region/country specific models need to be created in order to sell there.

Or alternatively it may not be worth the effort and vehicles may only exist in specific regions.

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