We see some wild lighting schemes on concept cars every year. But few make it into production. Here are a few that managed to slip past the censors
The eyes are the windows to the soul, so they say. Thus, the fascination with automobile faces and, in particular, headlights and lighting design. Once just a matter of composing circles on a horizontal grille, new technology in the last few decades has opened a new world of sculptural lighting shapes and possibilities.
It is at this pivotal moment that CDN has decided to take a look back (and one forward) to some of the more unique moments in automotive lighting design. The following list of strange and wonderful lighting designs is, sadly, limited to production cars. If we included concept cars, we might be here until Father Christmas slides down the chimney.
We also hope it will inspire you to create your own list, and share it with us and our readers on our social media channels. Look out for our livestream on lighting later this year, too, which you can register for here.
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