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Looking at that, there's no reason the North American Corolla needs to be different, especially the polarizing front we're getting. This is much more of clean timeless design and to American tastes. Half the time, I don't get why automakers spend a bunch of extra money thinking that they need different looks in different markets. Sometimes yes, but most of the time a good design is a good design everywhere. Mercedes doesn't design 5 different S-Class's for 5 different regions. You do it right once.
Looking at that, there's no reason the North American Corolla needs to be different, especially the polarizing front we're getting. This is much more of clean timeless design and to American tastes.
Maybe Toyota got tired of being called bland, vanilla, appliance in the US
Unless my taste has really gone downhill, I don't think it's that bad.
Looks like a somewhat mini-avalon.
Mirai on the other hand....I've seen it on the road twice...that overhang
WHAT headlights? You can barely see them LOL. They look like part of the slit-grille.
They are magnificent, very sleek. Shame we miss out on the adaptive LED headlamps those across the pond get. Our government has not revised these '60s-era regulations that limit the kind of headlamp technology we get here.
They are magnificent, very sleek. Shame we miss out on the adaptive LED headlamps those across the pond get. Our government has not revised these '60s-era regulations that limit the kind of headlamp technology we get here.
I learned to drive on 60s-vintage cars. Believe me....there's a BIG difference between the old round sealed-beam incandescent bulbs used back then and even the worst of today's halogen lights. It's true that not every car today has HID or Xenon state-of-the-art bulbs....but that is more of a function of simple economics then from actual government regulations. Not surprisingly, the most advanced headlights tend to be most prevalent in premium-level vehicles......you can't expect a vehicle that sells for $20,000 to have a couple of $800 or $900 bulbs up front. And, even in Audi's case here, according to the article, they are simply calling for a loophole that willl allow them to charge for something even more expensive........$3000 extra (as an option) for matrix-beam lights. IMO, if someone's eyes are so bad that they can't see front of them with even today's HID lights, then they should simply consider not driving at night, whenever possible.
I learned to drive on 60s-vintage cars. Believe me....there's a BIG difference between the old round sealed-beam incandescent bulbs used back then and even the worst of today's halogen lights. It's true that not every car today has HID or Xenon state-of-the-art bulbs....but that is more of a function of simple economics then from actual government regulations. Not surprisingly, the most advanced headlights tend to be most prevalent in premium-level vehicles......you can't expect a vehicle that sells for $20,000 to have a couple of $800 or $900 bulbs up front. And, even in Audi's case here, according to the article, they are simply calling for a loophole that willl allow them to charge for something even more expensive........$3000 extra (as an option) for matrix-beam lights. IMO, if someone's eyes are so bad that they can't see front of them with even today's HID lights, then they should simply consider not driving at night, whenever possible.
I think you're missing the point. The regulation is obsolete and needs to be revisited. The regulation essentially requires a headlamp assembly to have two settings: High and Low. Vehicles equipped with adaptive lighting do not need two settings as it can adapt to oncoming vehicles. The law has not caught up with the technology.
I think you're missing the point. The regulation is obsolete and needs to be revisited. The regulation essentially requires a headlamp assembly to have two settings: High and Low. Vehicles equipped with adaptive lighting do not need two settings as it can adapt to oncoming vehicles. The law has not caught up with the technology.
Hitting the nail on the head right.
That "low" and "high" beam regulation goes back 50, 60 years when cars had two round sealed beam glass dual filliment bulbs, or 4 sealed beam headlights, where low was two of them on, high was all four of the lights on. Its pretty sad that we are still using this same guideline on today's headlights, despite all the technological innovations in the past 20 years or so in regards to LED's, Xenon, etc.