Monday, May 30, 2011

Pop-Up Headlights



The Volvo 480 in my previous post came with pop-up headlights. It got me thinking of other cars with the same feature. Porsche 928/944, some Corvettes, the first Miata, and even the mid-eighties US-version Honda Accord had them too, but I can't think of a single current production car that has them. Are there any?


The picture above is of a 1990 Mazda 323F. I think it is pretty special as far as small family cars go from that time. It was produced 1989-1994, and it was quite popular in Sweden. The Protege sedans and 3-door hatchbacks of the same vintage were sold here in the US, but this 5-door hatch was for Europe/Asia only.



Others cars with pop-up lights: Celica, Prelude, RX-7, NSX, SX240, BMW 850, Fiero, Supra, Mercury Capri, Ferraris...

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