binster

Every time I take the wife's car out at night, I am impressed with the adaptive headlights that adjust with the steering. For performance and safety, this would be a cool C7 option.. What do you think?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/adaptive-headlight.htm

1KULC7

My BMW 335i has them, and you do see quite a difference driving in the country with no lights. I love them.

Jinx

Well, GM could use some more ways to increase the average transaction price without increasing the base price; this seems like a great one.

Boo383

My wifes VW Golf has these. They are awesome!! I would definitely opt for them when purchasing a C7.

zland

To me another thing to make a car more expensive & complex with little benefit = please no.

Bill Dearborn

Sounds like a good thing but will the light drive mechanism last 20 or 30 years like the car will. What happens when the lights stick to the right or left and you are driving straight ahead. If pointed left they could blind oncoming drivers. Solves one safety issue and creates other potential safety issues.

Bill

Racer X

It could depend on their method of movement. If moved magnetically they could funtion for millions of cycles. Way more robust that the electromechnical hidden headlights some pine about.

What happens if they fail depends on their failure mode. It could be they are forcibly moved off ostraight and the failure mode it straight. They it is really no problem if they fail. Some people may not real even notice.

They have engineers who think about this stuff. Some of it is even required by law. With certain headlights I think the regulation require self leveling, or washers.

I have much more prolems with the people that convert their own lights, and so don't have theose features, and may not aim them properly.

Jinx

The "what happens when it fails and becomes a hazard" questions are simply answered -- your car is broken and needs to get fixed. If you continue to drive it beyond what's necessary to get to safety, then the failure is not the automobile but the operator.

Trust that any system integrated into a modern automobile built by a major manufacturer and licensed for use on public roads will be engineered and built for reasonably reliable performance. If moving headlights failed prematurely with any frequency, there'd be a safety recall on them. So if Corvette gets these as an option, the safety benefits will far outweigh any safety problems their failures cause.

The argument of "more things to break" is too often taken to extreme. Bashing the 99.9% safety improvement with the spectre of the 0.1% failure condition is the opposite of automotive enthusiasm.

.Jinx

OnPoint

I'd rather not having any more electonic stuff to fail - or be difficult to fix/replace years down the road.

1986coupe

Tucker originally envisioned this feature back in 1948 for his cars. I can't remember if it was cost or engineering but he abandoned the idea on the fenders but instead had a single light in the center that turned in corners.

Everything old is new again.

hig4s

Actually the first car with three headlights and the center one moved because it was connected to the steering, was the 1935 Czech Tatra 77.

bleeper

By then if cars are still around they'll be computer operated.

Apple3

I agree with you. I think it would be a great option to have.

CETA 256

The Cadillac CTS and Buick Enclave have had these since 08 and 07 respectively. A handy and neat feature indeed.