The recently revealed 270-horsepower VW Golf R will have LED taillights as part of the standard price, but as an option for $520 on the 210-horsepower Golf GTI and its diesel-sibling, the 170-Horsepower Golf GTD. Volkswagen said that each smoked rear light consists of two curved right angles, each angle containing eleven LEDs plus one central LED above each curve, which equals a total of 48 LEDs.

Golf buyers can combine the LED tail lights with bi-xenon head lights with dynamic cornering light that vary the lighting direction as a function of the steering angle. The headlamps are standard on the Golf R and optional on all other Golf models with prices starting from $1,900.