..That's what had me scratching my head as well, I think the only logical reason can be the extra AH means you can leave it longer with voltage drain and still be startable? I would rather have a lifepo4 and a lithium jump starter / usb charger I can charge in the house and/or a solar trickle charger on roof???
That they are cheap and just not at all innovative was another I read in a forum or two on my researching this... to the fact that the only companies less innovative than car companies is car company parts suppliers... and they still push lumps of poison and acid that give off gasses.
This is also the industry has given us Dieselgate and managed to flog I don't know how many generations of Prius to the gullible as "environmental", loaded to the hilt with lead from Africa refined in Canada, Built in Japan and been half way round the world before even started on energy to build ...while the defender with very high double digit percentages of them still on the road, all built with british pig iron and alloy in Birmingham and can be fixed with a spanner, welder and hammer, 70 years on seen as less environmentally friendly. While the world is happy "recycling" single use Nespresso capsules as long as they did not arrive in a 5p plastic bag, this must be one of the few relics that has not been jumped on yet by the press???
Wow I am grumpy today