The suicide rear doors, camera door mirrors and layered rear lights may have been lost in translation for the production model, but the Venetian blind - style rear quarter window is a neat touch that did make it past the concept stage.
The greenhouse and profile of the concept aim to maximize interior space, with
suicide rear doors leading to the center of the rear wheels.
MINI's teaser sketch reveals that the next Clubman will lose its predecessor's
suicide rear doors but it will retain the barn doors that have characterized the family - friendly MINI for decades.
The Yuejia (pictured with a slight purplish hue) is apparently a six - seater with three rows of bucket seats either accessed by
suicide rear doors or sliding ones, as evidenced by the position of the door handles.
They also added a set of
suicide rear doors similar to the Mazda RX - 8's to make accessing the rear seats easier.
It features a rear - drive layout,
suicide rear doors and seating for four.
The suicide rear door, the rear light cluster....
Not exact matches
Proper
rear - wheel drive, naturally - aspirated, manual - gearbox sports cars are few and far between as it is these days, even if you completely ignore unique aspects like the RX - 8's Wankel rotary engine and its coupe-esque,
suicide -
doored body style.
The long coupe
doors are hinged at the
rear, what most call «
suicide»
doors but Rolls - Royce refers to as «coach
doors.»
The V30s have
rear - hinged
suicide doors and louvers instead of a proper
rear window.
Sporting front scissor
doors and
rear suicide doors, the Divine DS concept could hint at the DS brand's future design language.
What this car does reveal is that the Rolls - Royce Phantom's
rear - hinged
suicide doors remain intact, while the brushed stainless steel bonnet and windscreen surround that's a highlight on the Drophead Coupe also features, although it's likely to be an option rather than standard.
Thanks to the
suicide doors, access to the
rear seats is easy.
Development of the 13B - MSP advanced and eventually led to the RENESIS name debuting along with the RX - EVOLV concept car which began to bear semblance to the production RX - 8 with the «freestyle»
rear suicide doors.
The
rear suicide doors allow a pretty unusual view into the car's interior.
A prominent feature of the RX - 8 is a pair of
rear - hinged «freestyle»
doors (similar to
suicide doors) to provide easier access to the
rear seats.
All steel,
rear suicide doors, 6 - 71 blower and custom ultra-leather interior.
The
rear doors open
suicide - style, which eliminates the B - pillar and allows easier access to the four - seat cabin — inside, it is just as avant - garde as the exterior.
During extensive testing, judges were less than impressed with the car's
suicide rear -
door design (the front
door needs to be opened first), and also criticised the car's firm ride and intrusive road noise on coarse surfaces.
In the United States, at least,
doors that are hinged at the
rear are called
suicide doors.
Although the Volvo Concept You has
rear - opening «
suicide doors» at the back, the platform is said to be the basis for all - new large and midsize Volvo cars in what's called «scalable platform architecture.»
302 Ford V8, C4 Ford automatic transmission,
suicide doors, front power disc brakes,
rear drum brakes, tilt steeing wheel, AM / FM with 6 disc CD changer, new interior, dual exhaust, new paint, chrome wheels with baby moons, new tires and much more.
Inside there's room for five, while the passengers enter the
rear through its power operated
suicide doors.
Highlights include a custom metal roof rack providing storage for skis and poles, the
suicide - style
rear doors, and upgraded interior featuring a waterproof Line - X treatment.
Instead, the front and
rear doors connect to each other, with the front
doors opening to the front and the
rear doors to the
rear, in the same arrangement as the «
suicide doors» of the Lincoln Continentals of the early 1960s.
It seats four, offering a
suicide layout for the
rear doors, allowing somewhat flexible passengers to get in the back without having to move the front seats forward.
Well, the Access Cab still has
rear suicide doors — the Double Cab is as big as the truck gets — it still has
rear drum brakes and basic leaf spring suspension (though modified).
In an effort to streamline production, only four -
door body styles were produced, with the Continental becoming the sole mass - produced four -
door convertible sold in North America; to maximize
rear - seat egress, Lincoln returned to the use of
rear suicide doors.
Move rearwards and those unusual «
suicide»
rear - hinged
doors make entry and egress very easy, and even the standard wheelbase model feels spacious enough for two tall adults to sit comfortably.
During the 2018 National Automobile Dealers Association show yesterday, Lincoln showed its dealers a photo of the Continental with
rear - hinged (aka
suicide)
doors and disclosed plans to build it.
Styling is certainly futuristic with a simulate Lexus spindle grill inspired front end Wrap around windshield, funky roof, and
rear suicide doors.
It's a low, long sedan with
suicide doors and an additional set of gullwings over the
rear doors that allow you to basically walk into the car.
The Crown was designed to replace the Super but Toyota was not sure if its independent front coil suspension and its
suicide type
rear doors were too radical for the taxi market to bear.
If the
suicide - style
rear doors and futuristic cockpit didn't give it away, lets just say once and for all that this car will not be going into production.
The front
doors open conventionally, and the
rear doors are «
suicide doors», a feature also utilized on the Toyota AA, Toyota's first car.
The new car debuted for the 2003 model year and featured two conventional
doors for access to the front two seats and two
rear - facing «
suicide»
doors for access in to the
rear two seats.
The
suicide doors do cause some trouble when parking in a lot, as the front
door has to open before the
rear door, and if another car is close, the passenger has very little room to exit.
The Daihatsu DN F - sedan concept has no B - pillar, and the
rear doors are
suicide type.
But other than the
suicide doors (
rear doors hinged in back), there's nothing standing in the way of this being a production car, big brother to Sportage and Sorento, in 2017.
The car has a custom frame with no B pillar between the
doors, providing a wide - open interior, which was achieved by integrating the B - pillar structure into the leading edge of the
rear suicide doors.
The concept features V - motion grille, a scissor
doors on the front and the
suicide doors on the
rear, boomerang - shaped headlights and taillights, a floating roofline and a kicked - up C - pillar.
Also, the
rear doors will sport regular hinges, unlike the
suicide opening of the first model.
However, access to the
rear seats is enhanced by a small
suicide door on the passenger side, which works exactly like the
doors on the Honda Element.
The
rear doors open front - to -
rear — Mercedes calls them «butterfly
doors,» but American typically refer to them as «
suicide doors.»
Vega, 16, spent more than $ 5,000 on a custom paint job, «
suicide»
doors -
doors hinged at the
rear - a lowered suspension system, Dayton wire wheels and low profile tires, high - performance exhaust system and a killer stereo.
The Cross GT's sophisticated image is enhanced by the dual
rear - hinged
doors, more commonly referred to as «
suicide»
doors.
Even though the
suicide door on the driver's side of the vehicle had allowed easier access into the vehicle's
rear seat, the driver's seat in the vehicle was also able to slide forward and to fold down forward somewhat to also allow an easy access into the vehicle's
rear seat as well.
The Q Inspiration Concept has
rear suicide doors and a ton of other concept car cliches, but we appreciate the styling of the Q Inspiration, and the fact it isn't just another hybrid crossover concept, but we won't get excited until it looks remotely production - ready.
The
suicide doors might be able to stay but what they REAAALLY NEED to do is make the
REAR hatch TOP - hinged OR maybe (JUST maybe), TOP - AND bottom - hinged WITH SPLIT in middle meaning glass flips up, and the metal gate part flips down (in other words, they REAAALLY NEED to get RID of the SIDE - hinged
REAR hatch, NOW!!!!!) AND PLEEEASE, GIVE IT MORE REARward visibility withOUT sacrificing RIGIDITY too much!
Look closely, and you'll notice that it's actually a four -
door (or five -
door, if you count the hatch); the
rear doors flip up, and the
rear doors open
suicide - style.