Nothing more than Mitsuoka saving time and money using already regulation approved lights from some other manufacturer. Couple of examples, the Diablo having 300ZX lights and the SSC Ultimate using Ford Focus lights.

Note to self. Stop complaining when cleaning the car windshield.

Lol, methinkso too.

It's probably placed that way in both instances simply for the best fit. It simply uses less vertical space. I'm not condoning where the blade winds up on the modern show Jeep but that's the most logical reason I could think of.

You guys are taking this too seriously. They're probably referring to the bolt pattern being 'based' on the chassis of a Humvee.

I was always under the impression manufacturers cannot, or do not, install cages for legal reasons in the US. The 997 GT3 comes to mind. The car came with a rear cage for most markets around the world but none for the US market.