To comply with local railway regulations, it was fitted with: a cowcatcher; bell; buckeye couplings; American-style whistle; air brakes; and high-intensity headlamp.
WHAT do your car's high-intensity headlamps, antilock brake system, navigation screen and trunk- or hood-mounted light switches have in common?
Bright Lights, Big City Acura owners in New York reported a rash of thefts of high-intensity headlamps, often with costly fender damage.
Outside, high-intensity headlamps are striped with LED marker lights, as if the Forte were an Audi Jr. Puddle lamps shine from power-folding mirrors.
Add a few options from the long list, which includes a DVD entertainment system ($1,200), XM Satellite Radio ($325 plus $9.95 a month); a $3,595 package that includes a navigation system, premium Bose stereo and high-intensity headlamps, and the price skyrockets.
Adding a "technology package" — which includes a power tailgate, navigation system, a wicked loud stereo and high-intensity headlamps, among other things — pushes the front-driver's price to $38,915 and the all-wheel-drive machine's to $40,315.
At first glance, the latest stage in the division's relentless pursuit of perfection seems incremental: the new LS 430 looks a lot like the last LS 400, save for the sleeker front end housing high-intensity headlamps and halogen fog lamps.
The $3,300 Premium Package includes heated leather seats, a power driver's seat, 17-inch wheels, a 360-watt audio system, high-intensity headlamps, fog lamps, a rearview camera and active noise cancellation, which quells annoying sound frequencies that intrude into the cabin.
With a worthwhile option group that kicks the Regal Turbo's price up to $32,190, you get distinctive 19-inch wheels and tires, a Harmon Kardon audio system, rear side air bags, high-intensity headlamps and, most tellingly, G.M.'s Interactive Drive Control System.
Another $640 will get you heated and ventilated front seats, and for the same price you can get high-intensity headlamps and rain-sensing windshield wipers.
Making the game tougher on Lexus is that many of the luxury items that are options on the ES are standard on the I35 and TL: Both arrive stock with leather seating, and the I35 also comes with high-intensity headlamps, heated outside mirrors and an in-dash six-disc CD changer.
