and its pop-up headlights added to its mystique, making it an icon of the 1980s. The Mazda RX-7, especially in its third-generation FD form, is one of the most beloved Japanese sports cars ever built.

If you love your Mazda NA Miata, but you don't love its '90s-style pop-up headlights, you may want to make a change. Here are ...

the Mazda MX-5 Miata NA. What a cutie. You can make it wink! The popularity of pop-up headlights was helped in part by a popular TV show at the time "Knight Rider" featured a semi-sentient car ...

A raw car that will bite in the corners ... On the flip side, Mazda discontinued pop-up headlights well before the British automaker did. The final Lotus with said headlight setup is the Esprit ...

Pop-up headlights were developed as a way to ... 5 Miata NA is on this list instead of the RX-7 FD, though Mazda's rotary sports car is amazing in its own right. The 911 is Porsche's flagship ...

It’s a stock visual in any 1980s movie montage: A character jumps into a cool sports car, revs the engine, and activates the pop-up headlights. Violating the speed limit inevitably follows.

hinting at a return of redesigned pop-up headlights. In 2023, Mazda turned that Vision Study Model into a tangible concept car called the Iconic SP at the Japan Mobility Show. The design is ...

But one thing's actually rather unclear: What was the very first car to use them? The reason why is because we first have to establish what's meant by the term "pop-up headlight." Typically we ...

No discussion of pop-up headlights is complete without mentioning the Mazda RX-7. Celebrated as one of Japan’s finest sports cars, the RX-7 featured retractable headlights hidden beneath sleek covers, ...

We know what you're thinking: This Mazda sports car concept, dubbed the "Iconic ... could Mazda be thinking of ways to bring back pop-up headlights for the modern era? Or at least some kind ...

All right, let's talk about the Mazda Miata. It's the answer to every ... that instant recognizability, is its pop-up headlights. They're like a cheerful wave hello, a cheeky wink.