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.

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 ...

I guess it’s time for another drop-dead gorgeous Mazda sports car concept ... Those are almost definitely pop-up headlights. It’s like when Elton John re-released Rocket Man with Dua Lipa ...

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 ...