LED headlights are all the rage in the auto industry these days and now are available on many lower-priced vehicles, though usually only on higher trim levels and often as optional equipment.

Compare the side-of-the-road lighting between both sets of lights on high and low beam. Then notice how the LEDs light the detail at the far end of the road, where the halogen lamps seem to just fade ...

Before going into exterior lighting solutions for all things automotive, it's necessary for us to remember that – in the olden days of black and white everything – horse-drawn carriage lamps used ...