Love them or hate them

[Nassau65]

Scissor ( vertical) opening doors.

I remember the first time I saw them at the 1973 ( I think from memory) Earl’s Court motor show on Lamborghini’s fantastic futuristic Countach. I loved um.

Since then many kits have been produced for various cars, including the corvette.

I certainly don’t like them on the C3, not too bad on the C4 and C5.

 

[Nassau65]

Not forgetting the original?
The beautiful Mercedes 300SL Gullwing

 

[teamzr1]

If you like to keep your Corvette in race shape, these type of door kits add more weight
Poor designed ones can be a problem with heavy wind or worse, I know someone who got cracked in the head when a door came
down when it should not have
Also questions when in a car crash and these doors not being able to be opened or medics not knowing doors have to be lifted out a bit and up

 

[Nassau65]

I think the kits have greatly improved over the years quantity wise. Many car shows still see them in use.
Daytona Turkey run still had many C4’s on show with them on. I think there is a remote version to open them electrically from your remote. A bit flash or what. I’m sure that would impress the kids.

 

[Nassau65]

Here’s them on a C8.
The kits $2264

I must say it does suit the car, I like it.

 

[Chevrolet]

And for those on a limited budget, on the Mobilize Duo available next year

 

[Pitre]

My brother's C5 with lambo doors... (Installed by Ian Goss)
(N.B. this car is currently for sale, let me know if you're interested)

 

[Nassau65]

They seem to fit them to anything

 

[Nassau65]

Nothing beats the original

 

[antijam]

Designed for their styling impact, 'scissors' do nevertheless provide a nice solution to the problem of being 'sandwich' parked (maybe not so useful if your garage roof is low? ).
The Kaiser Darrin of the '50's offered another alternative to conventional doors that solved the same problem....

The BMW Z1 slid them up and down, but access wasn't that easy.....

Externally sliding doors crop up now and again but usually on vans and trucks.

The JATECH 'disappearing' door has yet to materialise in a production car......

..it's a neat trick though.

 

[Chevrolet]

 

[Chuffer]

Hardly the height of motoring fashion even its day but how about the slide door Bedford CA van ? Me and three mates drove one all the way down through France , over the Pyranees and down to Benidorm in 1973 and back via Biarritz . Painfully slow but great for driving in the Spanish heat of high summer with the doors slid back . If you stood on the brakes the doors slammed shut of their own accord though .

 

[Chuffer]

1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept , the first car to feature scissor doors . I remember seeing that in magazines at the time .

 

[Chevrolet]

 

[C5Steve]

Whilst they do look good on some models, I've yet to see any aftermarket ones that aren't a wobbly mess. As above, they add a lot of weight as well.

 

[CaptainK]

Scissor doors, great for getting out of your car in a narrow car park space. Not so helpful for the people in the cars next to you, sandwiching you in, who'll happily dent your fancy doors as they try to get out of their "normal door" car.

Still, they look fancy, and the Lambo is just awesome.

 

[Roscobbc]

Not quite so clever if parking in underground carparks or your garage has a low ceiling............

 

[Nassau65]

Not so much “scissor “ doors, more like the MB 300SL Gullwing.
The DeLorean DMC12. They seem to be another love um or hate um car.

 

[Chevrolet]

Not so much “scissor “ doors, more like the MB 300SL Gullwing.

Look like "Gullwing" to me? See on the "interwebbie" they also talk about Scissor, Butterfly and Dihedral. Scissor & Butterfly both wider/taking up more horizontal space than a conventional door? See that Dihedral don't and were invented by Koenigsegg founder:

Dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Types of Car Doors and Their Design [with Pictures]

Types of Car Doors and Their Design [with Pictures] :- Conventional Car Doors, Scissor Doors, Gullwing Door, Butterfly Door, Swan Door, Suicide Door

engineeringlearn.com

 

[Chuffer]

Not so much “scissor “ doors, more like the MB 300SL Gullwing.
The DeLorean DMC12. They seem to be another love um or hate um car.
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At least you can polish a DeLorean with a Brillo Pad !