Rod gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

do you happen to know if there are restrictions on how close to the
front of the car headlights have to be?

On cars like the new Micra they are some way back.

The frog-eye Sprite was so designed IIRC because of a minimum rule re
headlight height

Not at all sure they are any further back from the front of a Micra
than, for example, on my old Saab. However, I am assuming that the rules
include the full depth of the bumper which was significant on the Saab
and not very on a Micra.

I had a feeling that a Jaguar or a Citroen might have had the greatest
distance.

Seen where the main beam is on a Fiat Multipla?