I would suspect the differences are mainly because home audio and car audio are designed for different things. If I understand it correctly, the small size of a car limits the bass extension so it would make sense that car audio speakers wouldn't be designed with the intent of deep bass. Also, car audio is more about volume than anything else so I would anticipate them to have the ability to handle a lot of power and not be designed for the finer things like imaging.
Also, I don't think car audio amps are designed with the same level of clarity in mind so there would be no reason for the speakers to be designed more than the amps could provide.
I have a fairly inexpensive subwoofer in my 4Runner that I hooked up on the house with a 920 watt pioneer car amp and 300 watt computer power supply and was actually impressed with the results, but it certainly wasn't the equal of my Martin Logan.
Just me rambling...
Also, I don't think car audio amps are designed with the same level of clarity in mind so there would be no reason for the speakers to be designed more than the amps could provide.
I have a fairly inexpensive subwoofer in my 4Runner that I hooked up on the house with a 920 watt pioneer car amp and 300 watt computer power supply and was actually impressed with the results, but it certainly wasn't the equal of my Martin Logan.
Just me rambling...