Tata Xenon Is Rugged, Diesel Equipped

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:15:00 EST

Tata recently came out with its latest light truck offering for the South African Market, the Xenon. Compact pickups in South Africa are called bakkies, a term we think is the bees knees, and this one is Tata's second bakkie for that market. The Xenon rides on a double wishbone front suspension with a solid axle and leaf spring setup in the back. Shift-on-the-fly all wheel wheel drive can be accomplished up to 65 kph by way of a knob on the dash - four wheel low has to be engaged at a stand still. The truck has only one power option, a 3 liter four cylinder turbo diesel with direct injection good for 114 hp and 220 lb.ft. of torque routed through a 5 speed manual. All that is well and good, but the tubular bumpers and roll over bars are the real winners here. When and why did that go out of style?

Rayzer Windshield Xenon Lights Provides Visibility, Confuses Those Ahead of You

Travis Hudson — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:45:00 EST

The international sign for "Hey asshole!" is generally the flashing of the high-beams — whether it is to warn of upcoming danger, show displeasure or just get attention. Regardless of which message, that vulgar phrase encapsulates them all. There are limited options that could be done if your car's high-beams are puny, including installing auxiliary HID Xenon windshield lights, as seen here. The lights don't obstruct the windshield because it fits conveniently between the windshield and the rearview mirror.

The lights operate by communicating wirelessly with the vehicle's high beams. Turn on the high-beams and the VisualEyes also engage, therefore tripling the visibility in pitch black night driving, or so they say. The VisualEyes also include a way to detect cars in the distance and will automatically turn off so you won't be "that guy." It could be fun to play with having fog lights, regular lights and VisualEyes xenon lights all flashing on and off. [VisualEyes via Gizmodo]

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Tata Xenon Is Rugged, Diesel Equipped

Rayzer Windshield Xenon Lights Provides Visibility, Confuses Those Ahead of You