A Look at Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class Headlight Technology

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24 March 2011 | JDavis
In the world of automotive lighting, “cool” lights are getting hot, according to the leading supplier of automotive headlights.

Headlights, like all lights, can be measured not only by brightness (expressed in lumens), but also by color temperature (expressed in Kelvin). Typical halogen bulbs are 2800-3400 Kelvin and appear to most as yellowish; the blue/silver tinted hue shown by most Xenon, or HID, headlights found on premium vehicles measures 4100 Kelvin.

Mercedes-Benz is offering a headlamp that, for the first time ever, closely emulates the color temperature of daylight, which is about 5500 Kelvin (K). Measuring in at 5000 K, the new Xenon bulbs from supplier OSRAM offer a cooler, even more blue-ish tint, which most people perceive to be brighter....
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VISO - 3/26/2011 2:04:52 AM

+4 Boost

@pointatob. Hate to burst your bubble, but the Audi A8L already has these type of lights. Read some to the ads that Audi has been putting out to know this. So, nothing "first" for MB, more like "follow."