Design Details: Automotive Doors Edition

"Amoore100" (amoore100) 03/10/2016 at 20:50 • Filed to: Design Details, Koenigsegg, Mercedes, Doors

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Doors open in many different ways. To many, the proverbial “Lambo” doors are what define a supercar, whereas us gearheads know that the world of automotive doors goes much further. Thanks to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ’s suggestion last week, today we look at the many doors applied to cars throughout history.

For one, how can you ignore doors that have dihedral syncro-helix actuation and were created by a Swedish genius?

And of course, there are the very classic gullwings on the SLS and legendary 300SL

So what do you think Oppo?

What are the best/worst/most distinctive doors in the automotive world?

MLGCarGuy > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 20:54

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They close themselves automatically too.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 20:58

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I like this series. That’s all.

deprecated account > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 20:59

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Definitely Koenigsegg’s. I know it was your suggestion, but I’ve been fascinated with them for forever. There’s something very satisfying about them.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:04

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I love butterfly doors

Urambo Tauro > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:12

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Not an OEM design, but the Disappearing Car Door does a better job of getting out of your way than any other setup I’ve seen.

Sn210 > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:15

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Obligatory Z1!!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:18

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I’m a fan of sliding doors, but those don’t seem to have made it onto anything except for vans.

Hot Takes Salesman > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:21

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I love Koenigsegg doors because it’s engineering just for the goddamned sake of it and it’s wonderful

Hot Takes Salesman > MLGCarGuy 03/10/2016 at 21:21

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Especially if the owner is Doug Demuro

Hot Takes Salesman > Urambo Tauro 03/10/2016 at 21:23

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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 21:43

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There’s not much classier than suicide doors

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Urambo Tauro 03/10/2016 at 22:32

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I had totally forgotten about these!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/10/2016 at 22:38

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGmOyf…

Not true! Behold the Peugot 1007:

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100 03/10/2016 at 22:39

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In some sense, why bother with doors at all! Just have the whole canopy move!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/10/2016 at 22:40

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Not so great in the rain, though...

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/10/2016 at 23:21

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As interesting as that is, it doesn’t seem that useful.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/10/2016 at 23:27

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I think the big idea behind it is to prevent door dings, and be able to fit in small spaces. My wife had a two door Cavalier, and the doors always seemed crazy long. I was often worried about door dinging someone.

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/10/2016 at 23:43

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But you’d think it’s small enough to fit under any short overhang to keep dry. By any means, it’s better than a G-Whiz.

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/10/2016 at 23:46

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Well the French also tried dual hinged doors on the magnificent Avantime, although the doors were still the size of aircraft carriers so the advantages of the hinge design were likely negligible.

Amoore100 > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 03/10/2016 at 23:51

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Especially on that Delahaye...although the Atlantic has some awesome suicides as well...

Amoore100 > Hot Takes Salesman 03/11/2016 at 00:00

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Agreed. That and because they are so wildly engineered no one has put in the time or effort to replicate them, so it’s unlikely they will suffer the same fate as the overplayed “Lambo” doors.

Amoore100 > Sn210 03/11/2016 at 00:01

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But of course!

Amoore100 > Urambo Tauro 03/11/2016 at 00:02

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I could never figure these out...where the heck do the doors go? Especially when you open both simultaneously, wouldn’t they collide under the car?

Amoore100 > deprecated account 03/11/2016 at 00:02

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Definitely. Good thing they’re here to stay.

Amoore100 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 03/11/2016 at 00:03

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I concur.

Amoore100 > Somethin' 'bout a truck 03/11/2016 at 00:04

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Thanks for the support! Suggestions are welcome, so if there’s anything you’d like to see, post a comment! ;)

Amoore100 > MLGCarGuy 03/11/2016 at 00:10

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Agreed, even if they look like a baby goose trying to fly with their short stubby angled wings.

Urambo Tauro > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 00:10

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I don’t think they’d collide. The window disappears into the door-skin, which is only, what, 30 inches or so tall? The width of the Mark VIII’s body is somewhere around six feet. Plenty of room for both.

The OEM doors, on the other hand, have a complete frame around the windows; no way would they fit.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 00:11

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I always kind of wondered how that worked. For some reason in my brain it would have resulted in another crease in the body work.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 00:13

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I really wish someone would make and sell the T.25 and T.27. They seem like really neat little cars, and somehow better than a smart car. Maybe it is just the looks.

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/11/2016 at 00:32

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Agreed. That and your comment got super Kinja’d.

29 notifications for one comment? #JustKinjaThings

Amoore100 > Urambo Tauro 03/11/2016 at 01:28

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True, I guess I hadn’t realized how short the doors actually are in comparison to the massive width of the MkVIII, and the frameless door a la Subaru should work well enough, especially considering you don’t use it conventionally anyways so it doesn’t need the added strength for the windows.

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/11/2016 at 01:29

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Not so, those crafty French!

Cé hé sin > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 04:44

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Microcars!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 10:09

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Ha ha! Super-kinja’d indeed. Maybe that’s what I get for posting from a Windows Phone. I find reading Oppo is okay, but trying to post, it does incredibly strange things.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100 03/11/2016 at 10:11

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Very crafty indeed! Now if only they had the reliability to match those good looks....

Amoore100 > Cé hé sin 03/12/2016 at 22:54

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Indeed!