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Old Dec 9th, 2005, 07:44 AM   #1
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Post inspiration for the 2005 Xenon headlamp?

one of the feature of the 2005 car that most people immediately loved (me included) was the xenon lamp design with its 'gattling gun' array of lights around a central beam. well now it seems the design might be more 'sci-fi' than we realised.

the other week i picked up a copy of an old 70's novel which was re-published in 1991 & if this isn't where the designer got his/her idea from then i'm prepared to eat the cover page:


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Old Dec 9th, 2005, 07:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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LOL, that could very well be it!

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Either that or its a very strange coincidence - it's spot on!!


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So strange, that is EXACTLY what the 05 headlight looks like, haha.

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I think that's a feature for the 07s? But that's just a rumour!

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