In recent times, many of the mainstream auto manufacturers have stopped giving rear fog lamps which is an essential safety feature. Let's have a look at what may be the reason. Rear fog lamp is an essential safety feature.
It is is incredibly useful in poor visibility scenarios and there have been a standard fitment on a lot of cars but in recent times, Indian manufacturers have been removing this very essential feature from their cars. Maruti, Hyundai, Mahindra and even Tata recently who bang on about safety so much has removed the rear fog lamp from their cars. One reason could be that the Indian audience is mostly unaware of this feature and barely use it or if they are using it, then it is usually in a wrong way.
The other reason is mostly cost cutting. Since many people don’t know or care about this feature, manufacturers have stopped providing it and in turn they save costs. Some cars don’t even have the provision for them while others just have blanked out parts.
Rear Fog Lamps Used To Be Standard Back In The Day Rear fog lamps used to be standard fitment even on Maruti Suzuki cars. Currently they don’t offer this feature on any of their cars. Funnily, rear fog lamps used to be standard fitment on a lot of cars.
Even Maruti used to offer it, with sometimes it being a standard thing on cars like the Swift. But they stopped giving them with the new generation of cars. Similarly, Hyundai used to offer rear fog lamps on most of their cars but they have stopped this p.
