Yanked european cars

[JTJ]

Been to the us lately, always knew that American cars or at least most of them have red indicators, but have noticed that many european cars from Audi BMW merc etc. Also have red turn signals, which does not work at all with a european car and looks out of place, on the other hand most Japanese car keep amber tern signals.

When did the start doing this and why?

What's the point of having red ones and not amber if it is not a requirement as in Europe, it just add to the cost of having two deferent unrequired  region spec! 

[TheEnd]

The US market is pretty big, so there aren't any problems in making two sets, as they'll have plenty of use for each.

[Matttracker]

It also means we can want their rare ones here and they want our rare ones there, they do it just to annoy us and make us pay.

[PanzerCommander]

It is also not legal to have red turn signals in the UK on a car that was made after 62/63 - has to be amber, though some still do it if the MOT centre is friendly.

Which is a pain because on modern imports it means an expensive wiring job (CAN bus) to convert the rear lights.