Sleek, stylish, and full of retro charm -- discover the lost art of hidden headlights from the likes of Chevrolet, Oldsmobile ...

It’s a stock visual in any 1980s movie montage: A character jumps into a cool sports car, revs the engine, and activates the pop-up headlights. Violating the speed limit inevitably follows.

And because the director was set on capturing the movie's police chase in camera, this tanklike car had to be fast and maneuverable. So the team constructed the Batmobile with side-mounted wheels ...