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Originally Posted by Poochie
Sorry to bump an old thread but I figure some folks might still want the answer to why the US has a different version of taillights as oppose to the rest of the world for most BMWs.
In America, the brake light and rear turn signal must each have a lit lens area of at least 50 cm2 (7¾ in2). The American regulation calls this lit lens area "EPLLA" for Effective Projected Luminous Lens Area. This minimum-size requirement doesn't exist outside America.
Hence the need for two strips of brake light coverage in US spec vehicles.
By the way, the rest of the world gets amber color rear turn signals and the US spec gets only the color red because of this size requirements, not because BMW likes alternating colors.
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Canada gets red also, so NA Spec