Swivel headlights
11/26/2015
Towards the end of the sixties, a design change to the Citroën DS caused a stir. The model was fitted with headlights under glass and the inner lights could be swiveled. There were great commercials for the car, which could light up the bends.
But Citroën had not invented the swivel headlight, as a central headlight on the Tatra 77A already rotated in line with the steering wheel position in the 1930s.
And the Tucker of the late 1940s also offered the advantage of a headlight that turned into the bends.
However, Citroën can be credited with perfecting the concept and bringing it to mass production.
Today, swivel headlights are old hat and widespread, even if they no longer look as spectacular as on the Goddess or the sporty Citroën SM variant .
