The CrèMe De La CrèMe in the Twenty-First Century Automobile Industry: Expensive Cars With High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting

High-Intensity Discharge (HID), also known as Xenon, is an expensive and powerful bulb used in luxury cars, and coveted lighting due to the clarity and heightened bluish brightness blazing on the open road, and since the HID car lights are powered by gas (xenon) with electricity, this type of car light saves on the wear-and-tear of the car battery. Despite the fact that there is controversy surrounding this type of bulb because the intense glare from the xenon light can be blinding to oncoming drivers, there are fancy vehicles that love to headline, or rather, headlight, this type of illumination.
HID, or Xenon lighting, is considered a tony upper-class status symbol among automobile aficionados, and besides additional and blinding illumination dominating the highway, passing the joneses, is perhaps the reason why HID lighting is so popular. Automakers also enjoy this trend and buy into the lucrative prospect of including HID lighting as a feature on luxury cars because they can charge hundreds (or
thousands) of pounds for the feature.
There are several types of luxury cars that can safely don the HID lights with pride. The first is the Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz is an international company founded in Germany in 1886 by Karl Benz, which manufactures luxury cars where some of the models only feature HID headlights. According to USA Today online, HID headlights are used specifically for Mercedes-Benz sedans and coupes, and are optional for car buyers on other styles of Mercedes. Another type of luxury car that feature HID lights is the BMW, which according to online research, stands for Bavarian Motor Works, and was founded in Germany in 1916 by Franz Josef Popp. There are kits to install HID lights in BMWs. Finally, from the website hidxenonheadlights.com, there is a listing of vehicles that can have HID lights replaced and installed. This list includes, but is not exhausted in any way, to the following cars: Acura, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Bentley, Cadillac, Chrysler, Ferrari, Isuzu, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, SAAB, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
Again, this list is not exhaustive.
Based on my research, HID headlights can be affixed illegally to almost any vehicle on the road, although I would not recommend this practice, also known as retrofitting, due to possible vehicular damage to the automobile and possible injury to the drivers and passengers, both oncoming and in the affected car. HIDs are alluring to car owners for confidence, power, status, and symbolism.
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