Photo: Andras Veres on Instagram
A few days ago, we showed you a new interpretation of the Mazda MX-5 with pop-up headlights, a combination which at a quick glance sounds absolutely terrific for the many fans of the roadster out there.
After all, the pop-up headlights are a feature of the original MX-5 in the first place, so what better way to celebrate the legacy model other than bringing a signature piece of equipment to its latest successor?
While the original rendering created by Andras Veres turned the MX-5 into a roadster that looked like it just got hypnotized, this new project that we’re showing you today turns the car into a sleepy beauty that’s ready to go to bed.
The new rendering envisions dual pop-up headlights that use what the Instagram artist describes as a “low profile” design since they’re supposed to be more subtle than the crazy eyes originally envisioned in the previous digital artwork.
And yet, while the pop-up headlights might always have a place in the heart of every MX-5 fanboy out there, let’s not forget the reason they were eventually got the ax in the first place.
While Mazda launched the MX-5 with this feature back in 1989 on the NA model, the pop-up headlights were replaced by fixed ones when the Japanese carmaker announced the second-generation version. Mazda MX-5 NB dropped this signature feature due to pedestrian safety concerns, as the tests showed they increase the likelihood of injuries should an unfortunate encounter happen.
In the meantime, the MX-5 is here with fixed headlights, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon on the next-generation models.
As we said before, not even Mazda seems to believe that pop-up headlights have a place on modern cars, as the company’s recently-announced MX-5 30th Anniversary, a model that’s supposed to celebrate the legacy version, comes without such a feature too.
While the original rendering created by Andras Veres turned the MX-5 into a roadster that looked like it just got hypnotized, this new project that we’re showing you today turns the car into a sleepy beauty that’s ready to go to bed.
The new rendering envisions dual pop-up headlights that use what the Instagram artist describes as a “low profile” design since they’re supposed to be more subtle than the crazy eyes originally envisioned in the previous digital artwork.
And yet, while the pop-up headlights might always have a place in the heart of every MX-5 fanboy out there, let’s not forget the reason they were eventually got the ax in the first place.
While Mazda launched the MX-5 with this feature back in 1989 on the NA model, the pop-up headlights were replaced by fixed ones when the Japanese carmaker announced the second-generation version. Mazda MX-5 NB dropped this signature feature due to pedestrian safety concerns, as the tests showed they increase the likelihood of injuries should an unfortunate encounter happen.
In the meantime, the MX-5 is here with fixed headlights, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon on the next-generation models.
As we said before, not even Mazda seems to believe that pop-up headlights have a place on modern cars, as the company’s recently-announced MX-5 30th Anniversary, a model that’s supposed to celebrate the legacy version, comes without such a feature too.
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