It's ridiculous! 2010 to 2020, a lot of cars had projector halogen bulbs. Great! I had a set in my 2020 Elantra, I put high end Diode Dynamics LED bulbs in there and they were perfect. Not too bright, excellent cut off, excellent lateral visibility, good beam pattern.

Every 2019-2020 Elantra (AD-PE) had these projectors on every trims. Newer Elantras now have reflector LEDs on all trims below Luxury. Like what the hell happened?

And it's not like we just stopped developing projector technology either. My 2026 K4 Hatchback GT-Line Turbo Limited has projector LED beams with a notch cut out for the opposite lane of traffic to avoid glaring oncoming drivers, dedicated and automatic high beams (whether the implementation is good is debatable, I would have rather had soft dimming high beams to not make other drivers think I'm flashing them), yet every trim below uses an array of three projector LEDs on either side.

IMO we just need to ban LEDs in reflector housings. I think that would solve part of the night glare issue. They're not even good for the drivers, they're dimmer than halogen!