"Fog one side and reverse the other" is becoming the fashion, and a lot of manufacturers even go so far as to disguise their apparent penny pinching by "dyeing" the reversing light lens red (Nissan Almera, Subaru Forester and many more...)
I read a Saab brochure in the 80s which extolled the virtues of the single driver's-side foglight (avoiding confusion with brake lights, less dazzle in the rain, blah blah...) and a growing number of cars have a wiring loom and fuse system which won't allow for a second fog or reversing light without some major electrical overhauling.
I'm not really bothered, as long as the reversing light is visible all round, which many are not (including the Focus Mk1 hatchback and certain small vans.)
I'd love to know why no two Minis have the same rear light set-up! (In the USA, I've even seen some with red rear indicators, not combined with brakelights as is quite common, but actually fitted separately but bizarrely coloured red. What's the story, Mini?
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