Austin Parsons, writing at Car and Driver:
The headlight design is functional and aesthetic, incorporating the low-beams, daytime running lights, side lights, and turn signals into a single unit. If the look is a little too on-the-nose for your taste, you can also toggle off one of the internal lighting elements, leaving only one slash mark visible.
“On-the-nose” is one way to describe those headlights, I suppose. “Heinous” could be another way. 😉 I didn’t see a picture in the gallery of the mode with just one slash instead of an “X”, which sounds better. To me, it reads like Xs for eyes, like it’s dead.
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