Headlights

[dervectra]

Hi

So i look at my Diecast models today.. And i have a Question Now

I dont know the right word in english .. But is it Possible (or planed or still included) to have some Headlights like a 3rd Gen. Trans AM ?




Greets

Martin

[mer_at]

you mean hidden headlamps aka. pop-up headlamps
like the first gen mx5

[Orbitstrider]

I really hope there is pop up lights.

[Azurael]

Pop-up headlights were always a silly idea, born out of the regulation sealed beam headlights in the US a) looking ugly b) increasing the frontal area of cars and a perceived need to reduce it on 'sportier' models - they also served to get past the headlight height restrictions for some import models which would have had to be significantly redesigned to be imported otherwise (e.g. Toyota could import the AE86 Sprinter Trueno, but not the Levin into the US as the time for that reason.)

Of course, I can see why it became popular - every car without pop-up lights that was released both outside and in the US between 1940 and 1983 looks completely daft in US spec with the round or square sealed beam lights compared to the same model from elsewhere. We should really have the same limitations in Automation for realism. But anybody sane choosing to use unreliable, drag inducing pop-up lights after that? I can't see it I believe the C5 Corvette was the last thing to use them, long after the rest of the breed were long-gone? I don't suppose they'd pass passenger safety regs now anyway.

[Kubboz]

I can agree with unreliability, or increased drag, but they aren't looking ugly.

[Azurael]

Meh, cars with hidden headlights just look like something is missing to me. Admittedly, they're definitely better than the visible sealed-beam alternatives... But I, for example prefer the NSX after they ditched them (can't think of anything else off the top of my head that sold in a similar body style with and without pop-up headlights.)

I just can't see how anybody who cares about important things like actually being able to see at night (because they've got stuck) or not giving a damn about aerodynamics in the dark would design a car with them, I guess. Sure, form is important but putting it before function is always foolish.

[PhillipM]

Meh, who gives a damn about aerodynamics in the dark with a road car? 99% of people are in bed or dawdling around town anyway.

[Orbitstrider]

Meh, who gives a damn about aerodynamics in the dark with a road car? 99% of people are in bed or dawdling around town anyway.

Exactly my view on it. lol

I love the pop up lights on my Miata and Supra. They give the car a certain personality. And they hardly affect aerodynamics that much.

[PhillipM]

Ask any 10 year old child. Cars with popup headlights are automatically 2.4x cooler than cars without.

[T16]

At age 6 all I wanted from a car was popup headlight, Gull-wing doors and that it was red because red cars are fast.

[PhillipM]

Red cars are faster, undeniable fact

[conan]

I like Brown cars.

[Kubboz]

Also, the number of exhaust tips determines power.

[T16]

And the highest speed on the speedometer is the same as the topspeed

[Azurael]

And the highest speed on the speedometer is the same as the topspeed

Cool, my car does 160 MPH then!