Audi outdoes Lexus again with new all-LED headlights

old news

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 2:21:41 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

wow, this is so old its boring to read.

— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 2:26:21 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

R U gonna post next time AUDI outdoes Lexus w/ all the FWD car?

Don't waste everybody's time.

— dlin (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 2:34:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

yes, they're interesting headlights.
but do you seriously think this is why someone is going to buy an R8. please.

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 2:44:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

Lexus had them first.

— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:20:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -12   

Lexus don't come close to anything Audi does, so compare Lex to Honda period.

— xj13 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 5:04:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

@xj13

Call me when audi makes a RWD sedan, until that comes audi won't even stand a chance against lexus.

— STJ88 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 6:47:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

LED lights are not only cool, but more efficient as well. Good to see such a cool car get such an exclusive feature.

— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 7:33:20 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

Let me teach you fanatics something about Audi.Audi has long history and great racing heritage that only few can match. Also Audi has been improving technology for decades. They have been winning races with totally new methods(first rear mounted engine, quattro, FSI, TDI....). Audi doesn't need RWD because that is not it's philosophy.Instead they use quattro(sporty oriented audis) with full right because they have revolutinized AWD. Lexus hasn't done anything special with RWD. And FWD audis are good as luxury cruisers since it provides better traction than RWD(especially in snow).

— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 7:50:47 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Forgot to say ignorance won't get you anywhere!

— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 7:54:33 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

You know LED lights add 2000 extra horsepower to your car.

— Brembo (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 8:02:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Audi makes a fine car. The fact that most are FWD based doesn't deter people from buying them. Electronic stability control does not aid as much in snow traction as a true AWD system. 2 wheels are still devilvering power while the other two are still going for the ride. AWD can send to all wheels, with the correct power for each wheel.

And Audi does stand a chance against Lexus..World wide Audi sells more cars than Lexus. Lexus has been a flop in Europe- one of the largest world markets.

— rok_altima (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 8:35:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Because they want us Lexus fans to get mad. Not happening. We are more mature than those stupid German fanboys. Lexus rules and we know it. Let the haters hate.

— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 9:27:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

^ Hilarious...

— Kinger (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 11:04:12 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

What?

— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 12:02:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

LAME [title].

— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 10:45:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

How does it stack up to the Lexus LF-A though? That is the real question.

— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 12:28:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Doesn't Lexus use Christmas lights with the little remote control box to make them turn on and off in different patterns?

Anyway, Audi is numero frickin' uno!!!

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 1:13:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Other advantages Audi has over Lexus is breaking and handling.

Lexus advantage is parking.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 1:18:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

for all Lexus fans that talk before they think:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/german-analyst-calls-lexus-sales-pitiful.html

— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:15:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

here is another one:
http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=87064

— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:17:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I am not sure about the breaking thing neither, keep in mind that Audi sells about 100k car a year in the UK, very popular, here is a link to a UK site about reliability, look which luxury car is the most reliable...
http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campaigns/cars/reports/choosing_a_car/Which_car_reliability_survey_news_article_557_117187.jsp

— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:46:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

What original technology has Lexota brought to the automotive world?

Seriously, im curious.

— 4x4rules (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:47:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

IM sorry i meant to say what OTHER original technology.

— 4x4rules (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 3:48:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

For all you jokers exclaiming how nice the LED system on the R8 looks

The picture on the MotorTrend Site was of the Bi Xenon Lighting System

The Proper LED system on the R8 can be viewed on

http://www.fourtitude.com/gallery/gallery2.php?mode=album&album=/Events/Paris%20Auto%20Show/2006/R8%20Reveal%20Ceremony=Esplanade%20Charles%20De%20Gaulle&start=192#

Bloody Armchair Experts !!!

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 7:55:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

When Audi beat Lexus in quality, reliability, have a 8 Speed tranmission, and have a self-park system than we talk.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2007 11:27:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Yeah, and anyone who looks directly at those headlights will immediately be blinded and end up crashing into a telephone pole. This is Audi's new and advanced security system. You know how annoying those carjackers can be at 50 mph.

— zoogies (View Profile)

Posted on 8/11/2007 2:46:46 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4   

I can't say just from the pictures that the LED's look much cooler than HID's. They are whiter, which is better but the purple hue that comes from high quality HID's is hard to beat in 'coolness.'

— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 8/11/2007 9:54:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Looks like another car to have blinding headlites coming at ya, hope there isn't too many people wanting to turn left in front of you while they are waiting for traffic to clear while you are rapidly approching them on a county road them and you are blinded by the light

— toolatetorace (View Profile)

Posted on 8/11/2007 9:53:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Mercedes had them before lexus on the Ocean Drive Concept.

— BentleyGT (View Profile)

Posted on 8/12/2007 2:27:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

TDI, FSI, Quattro, ASF, LED

Amazing looks like Audi has most of the alpabet already

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 8/13/2007 11:18:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

A tip for the morons:

Try talking positive about a car without mentioning another car negatively. It goes a long way to making you sound like you know what you are talking about, and not just another idiot fanboy.

The R8 is an amazingly beautiful car that performs well too. But, saying the Lexus LS hybrid is pure crap in comparison is galactically stupid. Both are great cars with completely different goals.

— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 8/13/2007 11:33:41 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I sold Audi's from 1985 to 1994 the were the biggest pieces of crap I've ever seen.So many people were burned owning an Audi product most of them and myself included will never own one again.It shows in their sales in the U.S. we will all be dead before they get even close to lexus sales no matter how good the product is.

— autopro (View Profile)

Posted on 8/13/2007 11:52:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

It annoys me how little people know about LED headlight technology and what goes into. Even more so how people act like Lexus shouldn't be considered because they only made the first headlight with LED low beams and not all-LED headlight.

Making the headlight bright enough the light up the road is what has been the biggest challenge of all. When designing the low beam, they had to make sure the LEDs generated enough heat to be able to melt snow off of the headlight, cool enough so it doesn't melt the housing and connectors, bright enough to light up the road, design a new projector to focus the many beams of light into one and probably a lot more. All Audi did was add day time running lights and turn signals that are LED's and everyone makes a big deal about it like it has never been done before.. I didn't see this same commotion when Audi put LED driving lights on its s6 or s8, nor when BMW started using LED turn signals. Today, anybody can get LED turn signal bulbs and DRL for their vehicle as replacement bulbs but I bet you can't find LED headlights.

Even people on Hidplanet.com realized that LED bulbs themselves are not enough to light up the road efficiently. You can see that consumer grade LED bulbs suck in lighting up the road by purchasing those LED flashlights. If you compare it to a halogen based flashlight, it is like night and day. The LED bulbs just shine a bluish light which is hard to see while the halogen bulb brightens the area excellently.

Now these 2 manufactures have come up with a way to get bright white efficient light out of them which I think is remarkable. I just think it’s ridiculous that people are making a giving props to a company that put all of these together and putting down the company who was the first to develop the last part needed to complete the all-LED headlight. I'm sure Lexus could have made an all-LED headlight if they wanted to. I don't know why they did not and I think they should have. It's not like they have much research to do, it mainly just adding in the bulbs.

Anyways, I give my props to Lexus for being the first manufacturer to use LED lamps in their headlights.

— SilentNightR34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/13/2007 4:19:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5