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Originally Posted by The359
He didn't say automatic day lights, he said automatic lights, as in the car will automatically turn on all lights when it is dark enough. All cars are required to have daytime running headlights, but automatic lights for night is not required.
My mother's Volkswagen New Beetle also did not have automatic full lights for night, you had to switch them over manually. It's mostly a manufacturer thing, dependent on who you go to.
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Its more of a luxury car feature that's being trickled down to the affordable cars.
Just to clarify, Autoheadlights are NOT DRL.
DRL or daytime running lights is an always on light but is at low intensity. Supposedly easier to see in the daytime. Its a requirement in Canada since I think 1992, so all Canadian spec cars have it. It can be a part of the headlights, turn signals, high beams or a separate light/lighting strip (most cars nowadays are using a separate LED strip for the DRL). It does NOT turn on the taillights you CAN drive at night with just the DRL, but you'll notice that the car's taillights are not on and the headlight/front lighting is going to be pretty dim.
Autoheadlights automatically activate the headlights/taillights when its dark enough outside. You just set the lighting stalk/switch/whatever to "auto" and you pretty much never have to touch that ever again. So get in, turn on car and go. Everything should be lit up at night. I think they have a set delay when you turn off the car. it doesn't deactivate right away (perhaps this is a per car thing) Of course if you've never had the feature, out of habit you'll always just turn on/off the headlights manually.
It was mostly a luxury car feature, but is now getting trickled to as an option for mainstream cars.