Smoked tail lights

[ProgRocker]

Having watched a certain YT video about a Renault 21 with smoked tail lights, it got me thinking. ?

What is the first car to have smoked tail lights as standard? My bet is on the 1978 Opel Senator / Monza. 

[dollywobbler]

Good question. You may well be right there.

[bunglebus]

1953 VW "heart" tail lights have a darkened (and pretty useless, upward-facing) brake light

 

[ProgRocker]

My parents had a 1979 Vauxhall Royale 2800, from memory I think the tail lights were a red tint. This was the mid 1980s and I remember once seeing a Senator A and how extremely cool it looked with it's blackened tail lights and chrome strips. The Royale was rather conservative in comparison,

[adw1977]

Royale saloon seems to have the red tinted light clusters while the coupe had smoked.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The answer to most " What was the first car to..." is invariably Cadillac , or at least some Septic barge from the 60's or 70's.

Wheres Junkman when you need him?

[CortinaDave]

I was always a fan of the smoked lights on late model Sierras, they really suited it.

Doesnt answer your question mind you!

[Spiny Norman]

The early Royales did have a slightly red tint tint to their tail lights but the Senator/Monza were a shade darker, much like the XJ40.

[martc]

These, from the dawn of motoring, can get pretty smokey, or am I missing the point?