Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: What are these new headlights? Message-ID: <844@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:05:05 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.844 Posted: Sat Jan 19 10:05:05 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:47:38 EST References: <469@hlwpc.UUCP> Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 31 In article <469@hlwpc.UUCP> cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch) writes: >I've seen some new headlights on a handful of cars lately. >I'm hardpressed to describe them, but they seem to be wider than >the standard rectangular headlight -- maybe even as wide >as two adjacent headlights in a four-headlight system. >Aren't headlights supposed to be (somewhat) standardized in >Canadian/American cars or cars built overseas for export here? >Is this yet another allowable "standard?" The new headlights have two advantages: first, they are considerably more aerodynamic, resulting in greater performance and fuel economy; secondly, they provide more light. They are generally large --- the European Audi 100 (ie 5000S) has headlights the size of the entire U.S.-spec 5000S twin headlight assembly. Amazing light-power! The cars that I know of currently that have these new lights are the Audi 4000S, Audi Coupe, Lincoln Mark VII, Nissan Maxima, Toyota Cressida, VW Jetta, VW GTI. The Toyota and Nissan lights are not quite as obvious as the others. Indeed, the headlight standards in the U.S. were very stringent (and dated) until recently. No quartz-halogen headlight, no non-standard sizes, no this, no that. The consumers will now reap the benefits of this deregulation. The only deterrent is that the new headlights are somewhat more expensive, and thus likely will not find their into true econoboxes. However, quartz-halogen lights have replaceable bulbs, which are fairly inexpensive. \tom watmath!watdcsu!haapanen