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29-05-2006, 02:17 PM
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I was staring out the window, bored at work today, when I got thinking: What car has the largest headlights?
Excluding trucks, motorbikes, and 4WD's, I think the AU and the Supra are pretty big... thoughts...
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29-05-2006, 02:36 PM
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XD headlights are pretty big, in a square kinda way...
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29-05-2006, 02:41 PM
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WB Statesman, Rolls Royce Silver Spirit, 70's S Class Mercedes...all had rectangular headlights on them the size of manila folders...well almost.
Lots of big lights to choose from, even the local XE Fairmont Ghia's had big headlight glass on them, ZL Fairlanes etc.
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29-05-2006, 03:14 PM
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Latest Celica, they go halfway up the bonnet....
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29-05-2006, 03:15 PM
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what about those camrys that are rebadged as lexuses (or is that Lexii?) those headlights are bigger than the normal camry i think, good to see you were working hard today...
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29-05-2006, 03:45 PM
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In my opinion, the AU!! Followed a close 2nd by the (just superceded) Magna.
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29-05-2006, 03:47 PM
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the Last Magna
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29-05-2006, 03:56 PM
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The just replaced s class mercedes.
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29-05-2006, 04:09 PM
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29-05-2006, 04:09 PM
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29-05-2006, 04:49 PM
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2nd Gen Rav 4 and last model Honda Integra are fair contenders.
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29-05-2006, 04:52 PM
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ok, after literally, some, minutes of searching, we have several contenders.
The AU Falcon  The Lexus LS 430  The Infiniti Q45  The superceded Mercedes Benz S-Class  The Lincoln Navigator  The Citroen C4  The Peugeot 407  The Citroen C-Sportlounge (although this is only a concept car, not production)  The Lexus ES300  The Toyota Camry Solara  And last and definitely least, the regular, plain, Beige Pants Camry  Without having comparison pics its hard to compare sizes accurately, but my hunch is that the 407's lights are the longest, while the AU Falcon and the Lexus ES300 are probably the 'biggest'.
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29-05-2006, 05:28 PM
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The 407's are defiantly the longest from those pic's but il stick with my my first thought on the superceded S-Class being the 'biggest'
They are defiantly bigger than AU's having seen both cars side by side before. |
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29-05-2006, 06:06 PM
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That AU headlight shot is too close up to compare with the full body shots of the other cars. The AU headlight is at least a good half a wheel...
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29-05-2006, 06:13 PM
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people might disagree, but im of the opinion that the the first mondeo that was released here has the biggest headlight...... the headlight housing is actually 1 piece right across the front of the car....!!! with the individual lenses / reflectors on each side.
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29-05-2006, 06:35 PM
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My GF uncle was asked to bring over a headlight from a mondeo from the UK to NZ. Apparently it was going to work out $25 cheaper.
It was harlious to watch them try to stick it into a bag, all ~150+cm of it. |
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29-05-2006, 09:05 PM
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VH-VK commodores ;)
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29-05-2006, 09:09 PM
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Mine are .... actually ... Orbit beats me.
The largest I can think of would be the Vintage Merc with those 12-inch odd diamter lights ... any old vintage car had massive lights.
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29-05-2006, 09:49 PM
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cadillac v16 had lihgts that looked like being 12 inchers... massivce things... imagine the current draw and power loss from those suckers...
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