Oh, what eyes: 9 cars with the most unusual headlights
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Throughout the history of the automotive industry, manufacturers have experimented with headlight design. Different cars have different beauty and style. Here are the most unusual examples.
Cizet V16T
The creators of the supercar Cizeta V16T are three people: auto engineer Claudio Zampolli, composer and poet Giorgio Moroder, and famous designer Marcello Gandini. The idea of creating the most beautiful, fastest and most powerful sports car in the world was born in the late 80s of the last century.
If you do not take into account the technical features of the power unit, which, by the way, turned out to be very outstanding, the V16T supercar stands out among other similar cars with a striking detail - rising twin square headlights.
Cizeta V16T has four of them. The developers themselves, former Lamborghini engineers, called the style of the bizarre headlights they invented “quad pop design”
McLaren P1
This English hypercar with a hybrid engine, which became the successor to the McLaren F1, began production in 2013. The developer is McLaren Automotive. Externally, the coupe, codenamed P1, looks incredibly chic. But the stylish LED headlights, made in the shape of the McLaren logo, are especially stunning.
Luxurious optics crowns two huge recesses on the "muzzle" of the car, which are stylized air intakes. This component pairs nicely with the headlights.
By the way, the engineers paid no less attention to the rear optics, which without exaggeration can be called a work of art - the rear LED lights are made in the form of a thin line that repeats the shape of the body.
Chevrolet Impala SS
The Impala SS sports car itself (the abbreviation stands for Super Sport) was positioned at one time as a separate model, when there was also a complete set with the same name. The latter, by the way, was one of the best-selling in the United States.
The Chevrolet Impala SS, introduced to the public in 1968, was notable for many features, but visually its unusual headlights immediately caught the eye.
The Impala SS optics system is still considered one of the most interesting designs. Opening dual lights "hid" if necessary behind the front grille. Such an original solution to this day looks modern and stylish.
Bugatti Chiron
The hypercar division of the Volkswagen AG concern was officially presented to the public in 2016. The Bugatti Chiron was distinguished by front splitters, massive horizontal air intakes, a traditional horseshoe grille with company symbols made of silver and enamel, and original Hi-Tech LED headlights.
A distinctive feature of the front optics of this car is four separate lenses in each lamp, located in a slightly beveled row. The design element of the Bugatti Chiron, such as a semi-circular curve running through the body of the car, is incredibly elegantly combined with unusual optics.
Under the LED lights are active air intakes. The rear optics can also be called outstanding - it consists of 82 light elements with a total length of 1,6 meters. This is a very large lamp, one of the longest among modern car models.
tucker 48
In total, 1947 such machines were built from 1948 to 51, today about forty of them have survived. Tucker 48 was very progressive in its time, having independent suspension on each wheel, disc brakes, seat belts and more. But the main thing that distinguished it from other cars was the "Eye of the Cyclops" - a headlight installed in the center and having increased power.
The central spotlight turned in the direction the driver turned the steering wheel. Very unusual but practical. The lamp, if necessary, could be covered with a special cap, because such a “thing” on a car was illegal in some American states.
Citroen DS
In Europe, unlike America, head optics with a rotary system began to be used much later. But it was proposed to use not a single all-seeing "eye", but immediately a pair of full-fledged turning headlights, as this was implemented in the Citroen DS.
Of course, this was far from the only innovation, which is only worth the unique hydropneumatic suspension in the DS. An updated model with "directional" lights was introduced in 1967.
Alfa Romeo Brera
The 939 series car is a sports car that came off the assembly line of the Italian automobile concern Alfa Romeo in 2005. Produced up to 2010 inclusive.
The engineers presented a very original and elegant interpretation of their vision of the ideal front optics. Triple front lights in the Alfa Romeo Brera have become a signature feature of the Italian company.
Dodge Charger
The Dodge Charger, the cult car of the Dodge company, which is part of the Chrysler Corporation concern, repeated the success of the Chevrolet Impala SS. Yes, it was far from the first car with hidden headlights disguised under the grille. But the designers of the Dodge Charger approached the task much more creatively, in the versions of the first years of production, the entire “front end” was a solid grille.
Operating a car without headlights is prohibited by law, but there are no rules prohibiting hiding optics at a time when they are not needed. Apparently, the designers of the Dodge Charger, who removed the lights behind the grille, were guided by such principles. I must say, this move can be called more than successful, the car has acquired a spectacular and recognizable appearance.
Buick Riviera
The Riviera is Buick's crowning achievement in the luxury coupe line. The car was distinguished by extravagant style and a colossal power reserve.
The brand name of this car is a pair of vertically arranged lamps in each headlight, closed by shutters like eyelids. Or took away on the helmet of a medieval knight. The effect is simply amazing.
