20 cars with doors that just open go
Posted on 31-05-2016 at 14:39 by Dizono – 116 Comments”
Of open doors (pun intended) as the Countach and the Gullwing to pre-war gems, and even a real DAF. We do a frantic attempt all types of special doors, to appoint.
The door, it remains a pretty essential part of the car. Yes, of course, there are racing cars, and some of the open sports cars that can, but 99 percent of all cars has two or more doors. It also again in 99 percent of the cases to the front open, so a lot of diversity, there is not, right?
Wrong, there are definitely a lot of manufacturers who have the courage in asserting their car to deviate from the norm. Of the obligatory Lambo-doors to the backward-open sliding doors of the pre-war Pre Xenia. The overview is far from complete in terms of models, but I’ve tried to be as complete as possible in solutions for the car to come in. Additions may, of course, in the comments!
Rolls-Royce Dawn
Used to be quite normal, these so-called suicide doors. They owe their name to the fact that the doors during the drive easier could open blow, something in the pre-gordeltijdperk what is more problematic than today. And so can Rolls-Royce go with not to do with suicidedeuren on the Phantom and later the Wraith and Dawn.
Fiat 600 Champions
While most classic vierdeursauto’s with suicide doors, the rear doors are wrong open, is that the Fiat 600 Bounce the other way around. All four of the doors hinges, therefore, on the b-pillar. However, care has to be taken if they are in both the front and the back, the doors swing open…
Lincoln Continental
This huge battleship was known as the car in which John F Kenedy was murdered. Deurfetisjisten know the Continental mainly because of the doors. Even the convertible has four doors, of which the two rear suicide doors.
Nissan Prairie
The Lincoln Continental had no real b-style, there was still a half style with the deurvangers. Lancia invented mid last century, that that without could and both the Aprilia, Appia as Aurelia Berlina now have a very spacious entry without a B-pillar. Nissan perfected in the ’80s with the acclaimed Prairie, that no suicide doors, but sliding doors. Ford stole the idea a few years back for the B-Max.
Mazda RX-8
The idea of the rear doors of the Mazda RX-8 is not much different from that of the Lincoln Continental. I still just want to call it is due to the fact that the only half doors. Actually, the RX-8 is simply one compartment with a set of ‘hulpdeurtjes’ to get in for the rear seat passengers to facilitate.
Zündapp Janus
Who says that doors on the side be there? ISO created with the’s isetta one door on the side was sufficient. In the 600 added the BMW there is still a zijdeurtje. Zündapp did it differently and gave the Janus both in front and behind a door. There is where’s isetta the steering wheel still rotates with the door, remains in the Janus sit where it is. The director must not, therefore, to obese.
Bond Bug
Who says doors at all necessary? The Bond Bug is hinged just the whole roof forward to a good entry level to provide. The black sidepanels are no doors, but can in the whole be removed. Then have the roof off…
Kaiser Darrin
Especially with the roof closed no beauty, this spiritual forefather of the BMW Z1, but its doors deliver the Darrin a more than deserved place in this list. This slide namely forward in the body.
BMW Z1
We stipten him for a moment, but the BMW Z1 should of course not be missing in this list. Same principle as the Darrin, only to slide the doors down the road and not forward.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W194
The first car ever with gull wing doors was waarsschijnlijk the Bugatti Type 64 Coupe from 1939. After the war, was the engineer Hans Trippel (father of the Amphicar), that gull-wing doors used on a amphibisch coupeetje. Mercedes used them because the chassis of the W194 racer from 1952, with no room for traditional doors. Initially only went to the zijruitjes with high, in later versions, the doors were already slightly larger. The W194-based 300 SL made the Gullwings really famous.
Lamborghini Countach
How do you design a successor for the amazing Miura? Well, by something to do what an other planet seems to come. The Countach LP500 Concept 1971 Marcello Gandini was one of the most futuristic designs ever, but nevertheless dared Lamborghini to the car virtually unchanged into production, and with the years to continue to rape. The signature forward-hinged doors were a style attribute that would return the Diablo, Murcielago and Aventador.
Pre Xenia
What concerns me is not in the top 10 of the most beautiful cars ever. Technique of Hispano-Suiza, but with a brilliant coach by the inventor, athlete and racing driver André Pre. The doors just like a lot of cars from that time to the back open, but thanks to a double hinge the doors will remain always parallel to the car.
DAF Kalmar
Sliding doors, why would they only for the rear-seat or cargo space? That thought not only Peugeot when they are with the totally wrong devil’s own hand, 1007 came, but also the Swedish Kalmar was already on that idea. On the basis of DAF 33 technology they built this cart for it’s own post office, although there were also instances of individuals sold.
Hyundai Veloster
It’s not the kind of doors that this Hyundai will be special, but especially the number of doors. The left side, the Veloster two doors, the right one. Practical? No. Beautiful? Mwah. Cool? Absolutely!
Tesla Model X
We close with the Falcon Wing Doors the Tesla Model X. Totally unnecessary, though they are, according to Elon Musk, of course, very practical. They are particularly in any case, however, and thus receives the electric Model X is a place in the list.
Additions from readers:
Koenigsegg
But of course, the Koenigsegg! From the very first CC doors will quite particularly open, a kind of cross between Lambostyle-doors and … yeah, what actually?
Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan
Perhaps the ugliest car ever made, but the entrance is epic.
McLaren F1
Butterfly doors which is the middle between Lambostyle-doors and gull wing doors. Also the Enzo Ferrari and the McLaren-Mercedes SLR, and they had. The doors of the current McLaren’s no longer have a hinge above the window, but go in a similar way.
Lykan HyperSport
Are these Butterfly Suicide Doors? They are all very…
Messerschmitt
After the war had to all German aircraft manufacturers to stop the production of airplanes and many left the cars. That’s a Messerschmitt good to see how to get in steps. This requires first, the glass dome to the side to be folded!
