The design story behind Porsche's iconic pop-up headlights of the transaxle era
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This article explores the iconic pop-up headlights of Porsche's transaxle-era models, particularly the 928. It details how the design emerged during the development of the 928 in the 1970s, with the pop-up headlights complementing the car's avant-garde gran turismo styling. The article traces the design process, the engineering challenges, and how these headlights became a defining visual feature of the transaxle models (924, 944, 928), symbolizing the era's blend of form and function.
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· 3 pulledReaching for the rotary switch for the 928's pop-up headlights is a typical Porsche moment of the transaxle era.
The form and function of the two components perfectly complement the avant-garde style of the gran turismo.
Porsche presented the sports car at the Geneva International Motor Show in the spring of 1977, thus gracing the stage of large eight-cylinder grand tourers for the first time ever.
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