Tucked mounted interior lighting for motor vehicles

The invention relates to a lighting assembly (10) for the interior of a motor vehicle, wherein the light source (15), for example a LED, set back in the inner structure of a device area in the passenger compartment interior disposed and is covered by a tissue layer. The light source is invisible when it is not in operation, but lit by the fabric / foam layer of the device area therethrough when it is in operation, and can be combined with a light guide such as a light bar (12) or an optical fiber bundle (13) , The illumination arrangement can be disposed within the inner liner (20) to direct the light where desired, and are used for different functions, such as a map lamp or as room lighting. The illumination arrangement can be mounted in other places than usual, such as od of vertically oriented pillars, sun visors, door panels, seat back portions, the seat front parts console sides. The like. The light source is preferably an LED or multiple LEDs in combination with a light transmitting medium to the light output as desired to steer within the motor vehicle interior.