Throughout the 20th century, headlights were secondary to the vehicle purchase with focus placed on performance and other design attributes. Nowadays, an attention to detail towards headlights goes well beyond its circular, square, horizontally sleek, or even vertical shape. The switch from Halogen to Xenon to LEDs and even the rarer and expensive laser lighting has led to the illumination of the road being a large part of a vehicle’s design, personality and safety. In a recent workshop in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen showed off its current and future use of exterior lighting technology in the name of additional safety, but also as a pathway to communication with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists, as well as a personalization tool. Many of these innovative and interactive systems haven’t been legalized yet in North America, but that doesn’t stop us from looking into the future. However, some of Volkswagen’s work is already on display in its all-new Touareg, no longer sold in North America. The Touareg features an optional iQ.Light LED Matrix that contains a minimum of 256 LEDs, 75 of those in the dipped and main beam, which should find its way short...