I think they mean "Toyota catches up"....Swiveling headlights were introduced in the late 1920s. However, we will accept their slogan "The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection."

And, I wish them luck with those "100 onboard sensors" Count 'em!

Cheers,
Ray Hull

 

Yes, I believe it was the Tucker. Lexus...I would rather ride a bicycle.

 

Tucker was much later, but yes it had them too. The first ones, as I recall old ads and diagrams, were free- standing lamps on a cross bar, attached to steering mechanism. In any event, they have been around for a good 60 years. So much for Lexus ad copy writers (and fact checkers). Note the term "adaptive" also....All in an ad in the June issue of Automobile Magazine.

Ray Hull

 

Blah... I hate when Other manufactures advertise so heavily on technology thats been copied... Hello!! BMW had it on the E65 since when? 2001? 5 years later they introduce it on the IS and now 6 years later they put it on the ES 350 and make a big deal out of it.

 

Many auto manufacturers (like Lexus) do actively tout their technology, but only after they have torn apart a Bimmer.

 

Wasnt the Citroen DS the first car with swivelling headlights in the 1960s or 70s?

 

This maybe what I remembered when I said a ca. 1920 car with swivel headlights (these swivel around to illuminate the engine bay), but I thought I recalled reading about a 20s car with lamps that swiveled with the steering, but they may have been after-market offerings.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...07004/1027/FREE

Answers.com claims that 1936 Tatra, but then elsewhere says Tucker in 1948.

First swivel headlights - 1936 Tatra T77A
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessi...&linktext=Tatra

Wikipedia: First swivel headlights - 1948 Tucker Torpedo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Torpedo

Cheers,
Ray Hull

 

So why was it discontinued / stopped for so long? Who brought it back? BMW? or did some other company bring it back in the late 90s eary 2000s before BMW?