As a child of the 1980s who came of age in the early '90s, pop-up headlights are, in my mind, the peak of automotive cool.

In the late 1980s, the sports car arena was changed forever by one certain Mazda: the MX-5 Miata. It was released in 1989, and immediately began capturing the hearts and souls of countless ...

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.

Pop-up headlights were all the rage back in the age of the aerodynamic 1980s wedge-shape design. They offered vehicles a sleek, cohesive hood line and an undeniable "cool-factor" when the sun set ...

Like most of the high-performance sports cars conceived in the 1980s and 1990s, the mid-engine Jag featured pop-up headlights but the system developed by Jaguar was far from conventional.

Pontiac produced six models with pop-up or hidden headlights, including various model years of the Grand Prix, GTO, Fiero, Sunbird, Firebird, and Tojan, a rather unique Firebird spin-off.

Safety regulations be damned, I love me some pop-up headlights ().Some of the most charismatic and unique cars of the ’80s and ’90s made use of these overly-engineered flippers to build some ...

In the ’70s and ’80s, the Lotus Esprit achieved recognition as one of the most iconic cars with pop-up headlights, especially after its appearance in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me." ...

Pop-Up Headlights Are So Back! Bertone's New Sports Car Wears 'Em Loud and Proud. The Runabout model will arrive in mid-2026 with a mid-mounted V-6 gas engine producing more than 400 horsepower.

Perhaps the most famous cars with pop-up headlights did not make our list, even if they are a defining feature, such as the Mazda MX-5 NA, Toyota AE86 Trueno, all generations of the Mazda RX-7 ...

Stunning Mazda Iconic SP Concept Is a Rotary Hybrid Sports Car With Pop-Up Headlights Mazda says it wants to build "a future crafted by the love of cars." This looks like a great start.

As a child of the 1980s who came of age in the early '90s, pop-up headlights are, in my mind, the peak of automotive cool. All the raddest, most interesting cars of my childhood — Lamborghinis ...