What is AFL? ?
The Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) concept was later introduced by Hella after Vario-Xenon, probably a better name and probably lower cost. It utilises a BI-Xenon projector unit to adapt to road conditions only according to speed and steering wheel position. The projector unit rotates up to +/- 15 degrees to each side. A second bulb and reflector will direct light 90 degrees sideways, which will help you see those dark pedestrians when you take a right turn on red. Mercury Sable, Cadillac and some other north american car models has similar function: A 25W bulb illuminates 50 degrees to the side when turn signal is on. AFL might be seen on a future Opel Vectra and Signum models, pending ECE recognition.
