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Originally Posted by GraphixJunkie
Also, I have never in the history of my car viewing life seen a trunk opening as stupid as what Chevy has done AGAIN. Why can't the taillights (or part of them anyway) be mounted to the trunk so they get the hell out of the way when its open? Does the Mustang's trunk look anything like this? I find it ridiculous.
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This is a bit of an engineering question, but I've been thinking about it a lot: Most tail lamps use LEDs these days, so why would a tail lamp ever need to be more than 1-2 inches thick at absolute maximum? LEDs use directional light, so you don't need the bulky reflector housings that old incandescent lights required. Why does GM allocate so much trunk space to the lamp housings?
Serious question: Can anybody chime in and explain why we're not at the point where the lamp housings can be flat? Or are there other structural components near the lamps related to the rear crumple zone that make this impossible?
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