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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/mankak on 2025-06-20 15:18:41+00:00.

This question goes mostly towards people familiar with EU code and car market knowledge. Why do car manufacturers stop selling performance models citing strict emmision laws in the EU while simultaneously selling cars using the same or bigger engines. For example Hyundai stopped selling the i20n which features a 1.6l turbocharged engine while still selling the kona with the same 1.6l turbocharged engine (although a bit detuned). Looking in the carbon emmisions, the bmw z4m produces 179g/km of co2, while the now discontinued hyundai 158g/km and the also discontinued mx5 nd 2.0 156g/km, the kona I mentioned before produces 151-163 g/km of co2. I tried searching EU regulation and everything is extremely vague and hard to find. Can someone explain what dictates which car can or cannot be sold in the EU.