List of cars with unusual door designs

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.

Butterfly Doors

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

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

Concept cars

*Isuzu XU-1

Gullwing Doors

Production cars

* Autozam AZ-1 (a Kei car)
* Bricklin SV-1
* Bristol Fighter
* De Lorean DMC-12
* Gumpert Apollo
* Isdera Commendatore 112i
* Melkus RS 1000
* Mercedes-Benz 300SL
* Porsche 917 “Panzer” (racecar)
* Suzuki Cara
* Jiotto Caspita

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

Racecars

* Jaguar XJR-14
* Peugeot 905
* Porsche 917
* Nimrod Aston Martin

= Scissor Doors =

*Lamborghini Countach
*Lamborghini Reventon
*Lamborghini Diablo
*Lamborghini Murciélago
*Spyker C8
*Alfa Romeo Carabo
*Bugatti EB110

Suicide Doors

Models of automobile that featured suicide doors include (but are not limited to):

*Austin FX4 — the classic London black cab
* (1951) (Front door)
*Adler 2,5 (1938)
*Bentley State Limousine
*Bugatti Type 57 (1934)
*Bugatti T57 Aerolithe (1935)
*Bugatti Atlantic (1937)
*Buick Gold (1940) (Back door)
*Chevrolet Master - 1935 2 Dr
*Chevrolet Master Deluxe - 1935 2 Dr
*Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton
*Chrysler Royal
*Citroën 2CV — early models
*Citroën Traction Avant
*Citroën H Van
*Delahaye
*DKW F7 (1936)
*DKW 1000 S (Front door) (1958 - 1961)
*Facel Vega Excellence
*Fiat Topolino
*Fiat 508 Balilla (1936)
*Fiat 500 (1936-57 approx.)
*Fiat 500 Spyder Bertone (1947)
*Fiat 600
*Fiat Camareno 1100 (1932)
*Fiat FS (1946)
*Fiat 1200 (1955) (Front door)
*Fiat 1100 (1960) (Front door)
*Fiat AR 55 Campagnola (1963)
*Ford V8 (1932)
*Ford F-150 SuperCab - 1997-present. Front doors conventional with rear suicide half-doors
*Ford Ranger — 2000-present. Supercab version has two rear suicide doors
*Ford Thunderbird — 1967-1971 4-door models
*Goggomobil (1955)
*Honda Element — 2003-present. Has conventional front, with suicide half doors in rear
*Jaguar MK4 (1946) (Front door)
*Jowett Javelin (1947 – 1953)
*Lincoln Continental — 1961-1969 4-door sedans, 1961-1967 4-door convertibles
*Mazda B-Series and Mazda BT-50 — The Freestyle Cab version (based on extended cab) since 2002
*Mazda RX-8 — 2004-present. Has conventional front doors, with suicide half-doors in rear
*Mercedes-Benz 170 (1928 – 1948)
*Mercedes-Benz 200t (1934)
*Mercedes-Benz 500
*Mercedes-Benz 540 (1938)
*Mercury - 1949-1951 4-door sedan
*MG TF (1953)
*MINI [http://www.motoringfile.com/2005/03/16/the_new_mini_clubman Clubman] — Has conventional front doors, with one rear suicide half-door
*Nissan Titan — Extended cab models
*Opel Kapitän (1938) (Back door)
*Packard 110 Sedan (Back door) (1941)
*Panhard Dyna
*Peugeot 301 (1935)
*Peugeot 202 (1938)
*Peugeot 302 (1937)
*Peugeot 402 (1938 - 1950)
*Peugeot 402 Darlmat (1950)
*Peugeot 203 (1948 - 1960)
*Peugeot 601 (1940)
*Pierce Silver Arrow
*Praga Piccolo Furgon (1938)
*Renault 4CV
*Rolls-Royce Phantom
*Rover P4 — Cars like the Rover 90 had conventional front doors, with suicide rear doors
*Rover SF12 (Both doors rear hinged) (1946)
*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
*Saturn SC 1999-2002
*Saturn Ion Quad Coupe 2002-2007
*Škoda 110 Cabriolet (1938)
*Škoda 2 (1950)
*Spyker D12
*Subaru 360
*Syrena — early models
*Toyota FJ Cruiser — 2006-present. Conventional front doors, suicide half doors in rear
*Tucker Torpedo
*Vespa 400 (1960)
*Volkswagen Kubelwagen (WWII German military Jeep-like vehicle) - rear doors
*ZAZ-965
*Zastava 750, produced under Fiat licence from 1956 to 1969, was the last European rear mounted door

= Canopy doors =

*Maserati Birdcage 75th - (Extended canopy door - Front 2/3 of the top of the car lifts up and moves forwards)
*Saab Aero-X concept - (Canopy lifts upwards and forwards, sides move outward and forwards)
*Nova (kit car)
*Ferrari Modulo
*Buick Wildcat
*Bond Bug
*Loremo (Large bottom-hinged front canopy)
*Messerschmitt KR175 / KR200 (Aircraft-style canopy)

= Sliding doors =

*BMW Z1 (the Z1 used unhinged doors that lowered into the chassis)
*Lincoln Mark VIII Concept - (Doors "rolled" into underbody of frame and disappeared from view, much like a blind. Prototype)
* Kaiser Darrin - Used "pocket doors" that slid forward into the front fender.
*Peugeot 1007 - Employs van-style motorised sliding 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.

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. This is used in their CC8S, CCR and CCX.
*Ford GT and Ford GT40 - Panels extend from the top of the doors, which fill gaps on both sides of the roof
*Isetta - (Single front-mounted door was hinged on one side)
*Zündapp Janus - (Front and rear mounted side-hinged doors)

See also

*Suicide doors
*Scissor doors
*Gullwing doors
*Butterfly doors
*Sliding doors
*Canopy door
*Car door