The American market has had "adaptive headlights" for nearly 20 years. They tilt up and down, side to side, depending on the orientation of the car. My 2004 Lex

The American market has had "adaptive headlights" for nearly 20 years. They tilt up and down, side to side, depending on the orientation of the car. My 2004 Lexus IS300 had them. And they were HIDs, so they were plenty bright. (My base model 2012 Toyota's headlights completely suck in comparison...) But our headlight market and rules are pretty ridiculous. Most "fancy" non-HID bulbs are a ripoff and actually make visibility worse, and it's also illegal to convert a halogen setup to HID. Combine this with the fact that some designs are just crap no matter what the bulb type, and we have a general market failure to understand the real performance of headlights. People think they can generalize headlight types, but it doesn't bear out in practice. https://www.consumerreports.org/headlights/are-hid-and-led-headlights-worth-buying/ https://www.consumerreports.org/headlights/are-hid-and-led-h...