List of cars with unusual door designs
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Many cars have door designs which give them a unique look, or which affect their practicality one way or another. This is a list of them, sorted by door type.
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[edit] Butterfly Doors
[edit] Road Cars
- Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
- McLaren F1
- Saleen S7
- Enzo Ferrari
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
- Toyota Sera
- Ferrari FXX
- Ferrari P4/5
[edit] Racing Cars
- N.b. A common door design on Group C, IMSA GTP cars in the 1980's and early 1990's. More recently common on Daytona Prototype cars
- Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
- Alfa Romeo 33/2
- Ferrari 512M/S
- Ferrari 330P3/4 & 412P
- Porsche 917
- Toyota GT-One
- Bentley Speed 8
- Nissan R390 GT1
- Peugeot 908
[edit] Concept cars
- Isuzu XU-1
[edit] Gullwing Doors
[edit] Production cars
- Autozam AZ-1 a Keicar
- Bricklin SV-1
- Bristol Fighter
- De Lorean DMC-12
- Gumpert Apollo
- Isdera Commendatore 112i
- Melkus RS 1000
- Mercedes-Benz 300SL
- Suzuki Cara
[edit] Kit cars
- AMT Piranha
- Bradley GTII
- Dare DZ
- Eagle SS Mk1
- Fiberfab Aztec 7, also known as Charger II
- Foers Ibex
- GP Talon
- Innes Lee Scorpion K19
- Replicar Cursor
- RPB GT
[edit] Racecar
[edit] Scissor (or "Lambo") Doors
- Lamborghini Countach
- Lamborghini Reventon
- Lamborghini Diablo
- Lamborghini Murciélago
- Spyker C8
- Alfa Romeo Carabo
- Bugatti EB110
[edit] Suicide Doors
Models of automobile that featured suicide doors include:
- Austin FX4 — the classic London black cab
- Bentley State Limousine
- Citroën 2CV — early models
- Citroën Traction Avant
- Citroën H Van
- Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton
- Chrysler Royal
- Delahaye
- Facel Vega Excellence
- Fiat Topolino
- Fiat 500 - pre 1966
- Fiat 600
- Ford F-150 — 1997-2003 . The front doors are conventional, with suicide in the rear ones
- Ford Ranger — 2000-present. Supercab version has two rear suicide doors
- Ford Thunderbird — 1967-1971 4-door models
- Honda Element — 2003-present. Has conventional front, with suicide half doors in rear
- Lincoln Continental — 1961-1969 4-door sedans, 1961-1967 4-door convertibles
- Mazda B-Series — On the Freestyle version (based on extended cab) since 2002
- Mazda RX-8 — Has conventional front doors, with suicide half-doors in rear.
- Mini Clubman — Has conventional front doors, with one rear suicide half-door
- Panhard Dyna
- Pierce Silver Arrow
- Renault 4CV
- Rolls-Royce Phantom
- Rover P4 — Cars like the Rover 90 had conventional front doors, with suicide rear doors
- Saab (92, 93 and 95/96 early models)
- Saturn Ion coupé — Has conventional front doors, with suicide half-doors in the rear.
- Saturn SC — Predecessor to Ion coupe; second-generation models feature one rear suicide half-door on driver's side
- Spyker D12
- Subaru 360
- Syrena — early models
- Toyota FJ Cruiser — Conventional front doors, suicide half doors in rear
- Tucker Torpedo
- Adler 2,5 (1938)
- Bugatti Type 57 (1934)
- Bugatti T57 Aerolithe (1935)
- Bugatti Atlantic (1937)
- Buick Gold (1940) (Back door)
- Citroën Action Travant (1937 - 1953)
- DKW F7 (1936)
- DKW 1000 S (Front door) (1958 - 1961)
- EMW 340 (1951) (Front door)
- Fiat Camareno 1100 (1932)
- Fiat 508 Balilla (1936)
- Fiat 500 (1936)
- Fiat 500 Spyder Bertone 1947)
- Fiat FS (1946)
- Fiat 1200 (1955) (Front door)
- Fiat 1100 (1960) (Front door)
- Fiat AR 55 Campagnola (1963)
- Ford V8 (1932)
- Goggomobil (1955)
- Jaguar MK4 (1946) (Front door)
- Jowett Javelin (1947 – 1953)
- Mercedes-Benz 170 (1928 – 1948)
- Mercedes-Benz 200t (1934)
- Mercedes-Benz 500
- Mercedes-Benz 540 (1938)
- MG TF (1953)
- Opel Kapitän (1938) (Back door)
- Packard 110 Sedan (Back door) (1941)
- Peugeot 301 (1935)
- Peugeot 202 (1938)
- Peugeot 302 (1937)
- Peugeot 402 (1938 - 1950)
- Peugeot 402 Darlmat (1950)
- Peugeot 203 (1948 - 1960)
- Peugeot 601 (1940)
- Praga Piccolo Furgon (1938)
- Rover SF12 (Both doors rear hinged) (1946)
- Škoda 110 Cabriolet (1938)
- Škoda 2 (1950)
- Vespa 400 (1960)
- Toyota FJ Cruiser (2006 to present)
- ZAZ-965
[edit] Other door types
- Koenigsegg uses a "dihedral synchro-helix" system for their vehicles (named raptor doors by a company which makes a door conversion kit for regular cars) which seems to combine the advantages of all the designs though with considerably more mechanical complexity.
- Koenigsegg CC8S
- Koenigsegg CCR
- Koenigsegg CCX
- BMW Z1 (the Z1 used unhinged doors that lowered into the chassis)
- Isetta - (Single front-mounted door was hinged on one side)
- Kaiser-Darrin (doors that slide into the front fenders)
- Zündapp Janus - (Front and rear mounted side-hinged doors)
- Messerschmitt KR175 / KR200 (Aircraft-style canopy)
- Loremo (Bottom-hinged front hatch, more conventional (but large) top-hinged rear hatch)
- Saab Aero-X concept - (Canopy lifts upwards and forwards, sides move outward and forwards)
- Maserati Birdcage 75th - (Front 2/3 of the top of the car lifts up and moves forwards)
- Nova (kit car)
- Lincoln Mark VIII Concept - (Doors "rolled" into underbody of frame and disappeared from view, much like a blind. Prototype)
- Ford GT and Ford GT40 - Panels extend from the top of the doors, which fill gaps on both sides of the roof. These panels were described to prevent accessibility on an episode of Top Gear.
- Kaiser Darrin - Used "pocket doors" that slid forward into the front fender.
- Peugeot1007 - Employs van-style sliding (and motorised) doors, improving accessibility in tight city parking spots, particularly for drivers or passengers with limited mobility. However, the doors move slowly, restrict access to the rear seats, and contribute to the car's uncharacteristically great weight and poor performance, both through their own considerable bulk, motors, and chassis strengthening to compensate for the large holes in the monocoque frame left when they open.
