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Benny - 28 Oct 2005 00:24 GMT

Looks like Audi has a new tail lamp? There's a pic of an A3 on
Illume's site now, but it says it's just an illustration?
www.illumeco.com

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N8N - 28 Oct 2005 00:29 GMT

> Looks like Audi has a new tail lamp? There's a pic of an A3 on
> Illume's site now, but it says it's just an illustration?
> www.illumeco.com

My first thought was "hey, you could do some cool stuff with that."

My second thought was "that's got to be stupid expensive."

If it is ever used it will probably be on a European car. We will
never have "invisible" taillamps though, as one of the requirements at
least in the US is to have a red retroreflector on the rear of the car
which is traditionally integrated into the taillamp. You could mount a
separate one somewhere else but you will still have a red thing
somewhere back there.

nate
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Benny - 28 Oct 2005 00:35 GMT

I've watched this site for a while, if you read their stuff they say
they eliminate cost by reducing the number of lamps and bulbs.

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Daniel J. Stern - 28 Oct 2005 04:10 GMT

> If it is ever used it will probably be on a European car. We will never
> have "invisible" taillamps though, as one of the requirements at least
> in the US is to have a red retroreflector on the rear of the car which
> is traditionally integrated into the taillamp.

That requirement exists worldwide.

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Daniel J. Stern - 28 Oct 2005 04:12 GMT

> Looks like Audi has a new tail lamp? There's a pic of an A3 on
> Illume's site now, but it says it's just an illustration?
> www.illumeco.com

No, Audi hasn't got a new taillamp. Illumeco has a dream, is all. Look
more closely at the picture; it's just a quick and dirty Photoshop job.

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