What is a Headlamp Lenses?
Beyond the engineering, performance and regulatory-compliance aspects of Headlamp Lenses, there is the consideration of the various ways they are designed and arranged on a motor vehicle. Early Headlamp Lenses were round, because that is the easiest shape for parabolic reflector manufacture. Headlamp Lenses styling outside of the United States, pre-1983 There was no requirement in Europe for Headlamp Lenses of standardised size or shape. Automakers were free to design their lamps to whatever shapes and sizes they wished, as long as the lamps met the engineering and performance requirements contained in the applicable European safety standards. That design freedom permitted the development of rectangular Headlamp Lenses, first used in 1961. Developed by Cibié for the Citroën Ami 6 and by Hella for the German Ford Taunus, they were prohibited in the United States where round lamps were required until 1975. Another early Headlamp Lens styling concept involved conventional round lamps fair
