BMW's reasoning for bringing yellow headlights back relates directly to their endurance racing car, the M8 GTE, which has yellow headlights. And it just looks cool, on top of that.

From 1937 to 1993, the French government required all cars sold in the country to feature "selective yellow lights" for all forward-facing roadway illumination.

How It Works: The BMW i8's Laser Headlights The lights on the hybrid BMW of the future are energy-efficient, crazy-cool—and illegal in the United States. Stupid laws strike again.

As if they weren't quirky enough already, for the longest time in the 20th century, French cars had yellow headlights. What was the reason behind it?

Also in today's show: Mopar muscle turns yellow, Buick blings out for Los Angeles and Mitsubishi goes electric for Tokyo. Mopar colors up its muscle cars, Buick dresses up in Detroit and ...

BMW M4 F82 Coupé in Athens, Greece Another M4, the facelifted F82, with yellow headlights. Not sure if the owner forgot them on, or just showing them off to us spotters. Either way, it was a perfet ...

BMW’s adaptive headlights can dazzle motorists despite claims, ad watchdog rules High-beam assistant can't quite auto-adjust quickly enough on curved roads.

Next year, both the M3 and M4 will receive small refreshes to keep BMW's compact executive models relevant in this increasingly competitive segment ...

The M3 will come out in September and looks more like the M4 than ever. Wasn't the name change in 2013 supposed to separate these two?

BMW has announced specifications for the upcoming 2021 M5 CS. It'll make 626 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque from a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8. The CS will be 154 pounds lighter than ...

It's the yellow headlights that get you. Well, they get me, and might have been made expressly for that purpose. Although the new BMW M5 CS gets the Munich brand's ultra-bright "Laser Light" LED ...