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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 02/10/2020 at 02:48 • Filed to: hour rule, Ford, fomoco, Mercury, carsoftumblr

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Mercury MC-4 concept (c1997)

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/10/2020 at 03:07

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AFAIK this design would be illegal in America due to silly regs about movable tail lights. Good job Mercury

Good to see DeTomaso Pantera style rear doors making an appearance though

kanadanmajava1 > Nauraushaun 02/10/2020 at 05:43

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There seems to be a loophole for this. T he first generation Opel Insignia was briefly sold in the US as Buick Regal. The wagon version had hatch mounted rear lights. But when the hatch was open a smaller set of hidden lights be ca me operational. S o maybe the lights weren’t just a fun feature but mandatory equipment?

pip bip - choose Corrour > kanadanmajava1 02/10/2020 at 06:42

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those lamps were an EU requirement when the tailgate is up

phenotyp > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/10/2020 at 07:06

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I love the MC4. Used to work with the designer of it. He’d  left Ford and moved out to San Francisco. One of my sketch heroes. 

Editor_In_Grief > kanadanmajava1 02/10/2020 at 12:23

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The Insignia wagon wasn’t sold in the U.S. and, yes, the interior set of rear lights are there to compensate for the lights that move with the liftgate. This is an acceptable, if uncommon, solution in the U.S , as Buick sold Opel’s Cascada with a similar system. Most cars with movable tail lights sold in the U.S. (and everywhere, really) have a second set of lights and reflectors on or just above the bumper . There’s no difference between European and North American requirements when it comes to this.

kanadanmajava1 > Editor_In_Grief 02/10/2020 at 13:35

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You seem to be correct. It seems that some prototype Regal wagons were spotted but none were actually sold. This one has Buick emblems but otherwise it seems to be a regular Opel.

Nauraushaun > kanadanmajava1 02/10/2020 at 16:35

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I think I’ve seen Doug talk on about this quirk before and I believe it is a requirement. So they’d have had to work around it, but the design as given would be a fail