POP-UP Headlight Meet Up! (Corvette + NSX + Celica + 944 + Prelude)

It's a pop-up meet up! We gathered five rad 80s and 90s sports cars to celebrate pop up headlights, the greatest automotive fad of the Radwood era.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Pop Up Meet Up

0:57 1995 Acura NSX
1:24 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo
2:20 Why Pop-Up Headlights Started
3:03 1996 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Edition LT4
3:52 1990 Toyota Celica All-Trac
4:25 1989 Honda Prelude Si
5:06 The Return of Pop Ups? (Ares Design Panther)
6:47 Synchronized Pop Ups!

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Special thanks to Ethan Tufts/ Hello Road for extra footage of his 944 Turbo, check out his awesome channel here-

Thank you to District Rides for the photo used in the thumbnail-

And thank you to Jalopnik for featuring our video!

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[Stinger]

Ok, that synchronized pop-up made my day!!!

[adampolselli]

I think the somersault of the Corvette's popup headlights makes it extra cool! They don't just pop up, they flip up!

[jeffibeck]

Thanks. My first car after college was an 87 Celica and the pop ups were a key reason I bought the car. Showed all my friends.

[HelloRoad]

Thanks for inviting me to this pop-up pop-up event! Tons of fun! And great video BTW! :)

[richcarrCCC]

Excellent variety-range!
The coolest pop-ups has to go to the C4 because* of the unique 180 degree flip, with the NSX in 2nd with their sleekest profile, size and look, but was so glad to see the Toyota ALL-TRAC repped but I kinda felt bad when the audio from Serge's dialog got overlapped in distortion while Chris Green was telling us about his superb, (time capsule), example of a Prelude-his is super clean and so nice looking. Loved the 944 Turbo too, (400k+ miles!!) sounds so fantastic, great shots of it tearing up the twisties, Ethan reps the car so well also.
My brother and friends of mine noticed "You sure gotta a thing for cars with Pop-Up Headlights" and they were/are right! (1983 Trans Am in '84; 1984 300zx in '86; 1987 Supra(s), (2), in '92 & '98; 1993 240sx(s), (2), in '06 & now (2); 1995 C4 now.) * I'm biased lol, was great when a kid said "Hey mom, did you see that?!" "What?" "That car has the wickedest headlights" (I was like, "THANKS! - in my C4 just after I got it last year.)

Thanks so much for putting together a vid on Pop-Ups, it was nice to see them the focused feature in a video, I hope to see more! Great group of guys and, of course, their cars!

[romanianisraeli]

My most favorite cars are the 89 Prelude and the 89 Accord I can not even choose.

[alvinsautos]

I just "popped" over to see this video. Great job!

[thefuturekidsofficial]

I have loved them every since my grandpa got a porche in the 80's

[TysonHugie]

This is the best, especially since I know so many of those owners! Nice job to all. I especially loved the re-enactment of the pedestrian impact, haha. It would be interesting to know if all the cars have it, but I know on the NSX and the Prelude there's a switch that allows the headlights to stay up even when the lights (and the car!) are turned off. Great vid.

[lethal]

I'm a 944 owner, so naturally the car i like the most from the video is that frikkin NSX! Such a beautiful timeless design.

[shunsakamoto]

I love the 90s nsx its such a beautiful jdm car plus i love the popup headlights makes the car look innocent

[richardschenkman]

So sorry my '74 'Vette and I missed this! She loves showing off her popups, especially now that the vacuum system is fixed.

[dominikw]

Yesses.... popups never die! I own a 2nd gen Prelude, love it a lot.
I had the same prelude like in your vid - man I miss that car...no manufactor will built such iconic cars again.
If I could choose one of these? All of them I would take. What a great area that was.
Thanks s lot for that great video!

[sebastianguaschbrzovic]

Mazda 323 hatchback 1992, yo tuve uno, solo falto ese! Congratulations!

[Athena]

6:56 - Moment of ZEN!!! Over and over and over again! 😍

[TravisRichey]

Yeah, wish I could have joined with my '86 Honda Accord. It was my favorite feature!
~Trav

[JamesSarino]

I miss my 1988 Honda Prelude Si. It looked like Chris Green's Prelude, but mine was in red. I had it for 8 years, and was sad to see it get towed away. I replaced it a couple of years later with a 1999 Honda Prelude Type SH, but it has fixed headlights.

[brianturney]

Great fun vid. I love pop-ups. I'd love to have a 1990 Dodge Daytona with the popups.

[automotiveaffairsshorts]

Dude... you are a natural at doing videos, love the content 👏

[StevenSheeran]

Dad had a 1972 T-Top Corvette Stingray and Mum had a 1995 Convertible Ford Capri. Both Red. Fond memories in both. Pop ups are so much fun!