question on current LR4 lights option

[Fm540i]

I have a LUX with HID. They are plenty bright. My wife was following me in it one night and I had to look away from the mirror even with auto dimming. I'm not sure the adaptive would be that much better in most situations. The LUX HIDs are great.

 

[zgaspen]

I've done a bit more reading, plus spinning around a bit tonight in the dark in my BMW. The adaptives on my BMW (a 2011) are really nice and definitely hug the road. And, yeah, I drive a lot in the dark on winding roads that a barely lit and exposed to every type of animal imaginable from Fox to Moose. I am definitely getting these as an addition to the Lux pack. I doubt I'll ever use the added cameras, but I certainly will use the auto brights. In the grand scheme of things at $60k, another $1,200 really isn't much, especially if it even improves safety by only 1% (and where I drive anyway, I'm sure it's more - even the curving road to my home and long driveway are pitch dark).

Interesting to read a bit about the tech - other than a youtube on the Evoque (and what little is in the manual), I couldn't really find anything actually put out by LR.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/adaptive-headlight.htm
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/157092-adaptive-headlights.html

 

[Fm540i]

The adaptive HIDs for the 2010-2012 models are not that expensive. I wonder if you can retrofit them on the current LUX models with HID? Any thoughts.

 

[zgaspen]

Well, after owning a 2012 Lux for just over 48 hours, I can honestly say I can't imagine the adaptive headlights could make the HID's any better. Driving through pitch-dark neighborhoods and winding mountain pass roads, the standard and bight HID's and fogs are amazingly bright and stick to road. Far, far better than my 2011 X5 with adaptives. I personally see no need to retrofit. That said, I do wish I had the auto brights (and ventilated seats, but that's for another thread).

 

[libby12]

I have the HSE Lux with the adaptive xenons

Here is our new 2012 with the adaptive xenons
This is 1 the 135 made Land Rover LR4 HSE Luxury Limited Edition

 

[zgaspen]

There are actually 2,000 made. Maybe only 135 made it to the US, but that still sounds low.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/05/land-rover-brings-expedition-minded-dc100-concept-and-lr4-specia/

 

[Finlayforprez]

Here is our new 2012 with the adaptive xenons
This is 1 the 135 made Land Rover LR4 HSE Luxury Limited Edition

Congratulations. Looks great!

With that said, I still would like to see an Expedition version instead of just "luxury".