List of cars with unusual door designs

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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

McLaren F1

Road cars

• Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
• Enzo Ferrari
• Ferrari P4/5
• McLaren F1
• Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
• Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
• Mosler MT900
• Nissan R390 GT1
• Panoz Esperante GTR-1
• Saleen S7
• Toyota Sera

Racing cars

• As a common door design on Group C, IMSA GTP cars in the 1980's and early 1990's and recently common on Daytona Prototype and Le Mans Prototype cars, this list does not include cars categorized as such.
• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
• Alfa Romeo 33/2
• Ferrari 512M/S
• Ferrari 330P3/4 & 412P
• Porsche 917

Concept cars

• Isuzu XU-1

Gullwing doors

The Mercedes-Benz 300SL.

Production cars

• Autozam AZ-1 (a Kei car)
• Bricklin SV-1
• Bristol Fighter
• De Lorean DMC-12
• De Tomaso Mangusta
• Gumpert Apollo
• Isdera Commendatore 112i
• Jiotto Caspita
• Melkus RS 1000
• Mercedes-Benz 300SL
• Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (production beginning in 2010)
• Suzuki Cara

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
• RPB GT
• Replicar Cursor

Racecars

• Nimrod Aston Martin
• Peugeot 905

Scissor doors

The Lamborghini Murciélago

• Alfa Romeo Carabo
• Bugatti EB110
• Lamborghini Countach
• Lamborghini Diablo
• Lamborghini Murciélago
• Lamborghini Reventon
• Spyker C8
• Vector M12
• Vector W8

Suicide doors

Delahaye Type 135

Models of automobile that featured suicide doors ie doors hinged at the rear include (but are not limited to):

• Adler Typ 10 2.5 Litre (1937-1940)
• Austin FX4 — the classic London black cab
• Austin 7 - many two-door versions
• Bentley State Limousine
• Bugatti Atlantic (1937)
• Bugatti Type 57 (1934)
• Bugatti T57 Aerolithe (1935)
• Buick Roadmaster (1936-1939) (Rear door on 4-door sedans and convertibles)
• Chevrolet Master 2-door (1935)
• Chevrolet Master Deluxe 2-door (1935)
• Chevrolet Silverado (1998-present)
• Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton
• Chrysler Royal
• Citroën 2CV early models (1948-1964)
• Citroën H Van
• Citroën Traction Avant (1934-1957)
• Delahaye
• DKW 1000 S (1958-1961) (Front door)
• DKW F7 (1937-1939)
• DKW F8 (1939-1942)
• Dodge cars in the 1940s
• EMW 340 (1949-1955) (Front door)
• Facel Vega Excellence
• Fiat 500 (approx. 1936-57)
• Fiat 500 Spyder Bertone (1947)
• Fiat 508 Balilla (1934-1939) (Rear door on 4-door sedans)
• Fiat 518 Ardita (1933-1938)
• Fiat 600
• Fiat 1100 (1960) (Front door)
• Fiat 1200 (1955) (Front door)
• Fiat AR 55 Campagnola (1963)
• Fiat Camareno 1100 (1932)
• Fiat FS (1946)
• Fiat Topolino (1936-1955)
• Ford Model B (1932) (1932 V8)
• 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 4-door models (1967-1971)
• Goggomobil (1955)
• Honda Element (2003-present) (Has conventional front, with suicide half-doors in rear)
• Hongqi CA 72
• Hongqi CA 770/772/773
• Hongqi CA 7650
• Jaguar MK4 (1946) (Front door)
• Jowett Javelin (1947–1953)
• Lancia Aprilia (1937-1948)
• Lancia Ardea (1939-1953)
• Lancia Augusta (1933-1936)
• Lancia Aurelia (1950-1958)
• Lincoln Continental 4-door sedans (1961-1969), 4-door convertibles (1961-1967)
• Mazda B-Series and Mazda BT-50 Freestyle Cab (2002-present)
• 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 4-door sedan (1949-1951)
• MG TF (1953)
• MINI Clubman — Has conventional front doors, with one rear suicide half-door
• Nissan Titan — Extended cab models
• Opel Kapitän (1938-1953) (Rear door)
• Upcoming Opel Meriva (2010-?) (Rear door)
• Packard 110 Sedan (1941) (Rear door)
• Panhard Dyna
• Peugeot 202 (1938)
• Peugeot 203 (1948-1960)
• Peugeot 301 (1935)
• Peugeot 302 (1937)
• Peugeot 402 (1938-1950)
• Peugeot 402 Darlmat (1950)
• Peugeot 601 (1940)
• Pierce Silver Arrow
• Praga Piccolo Furgon (1938)
• Renault 4CV (1946-1961) (Front door)
• Riley RM (1945-1955) (Front door)
• Rolls-Royce Phantom
• Rover P4 (Cars like the Rover 90 had conventional front doors, with suicide rear doors)
• Rover SF12 (1946) (Both doors rear hinged)
• Saab (92, 93 and 95/96 early models)
• Saturn Ion Quad Coupe (2002-2007) (Has conventional front doors, with suicide half-doors in the rear.)
• Saturn SC (1999-2002) (One rear suicide half-door on driver's side)
• Singer SM1500 (1947-1954) (Rear door)
• Škoda 1101/1102 (1946-1952)
• Škoda Popular (1933-1946)
• Spyker D12
• Studebaker Champion (1939-1952) (Rear door on 4-door Sedans)
• Subaru 360
• Syrena early models
• Tatra T57 (1931-1948)
• Tatra T600 (1947-1952) (Front door)
• Toyota FJ Cruiser (2006-present) (Conventional front doors, suicide half-doors in rear)
• Tucker Torpedo (1948) (Rear door)
• Vespa 400 (1960)
• Volkswagen Kübelwagen (WWII German military Jeep-like vehicle) (Rear doors)
• Zastava 750 (1956-1969)
• ZAZ-965

Canopy doors

Lifting canopy on a Sterling Nova.

The canopy doors on a Saab Aero-X.

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

Sliding doors

• BMW Z1 (the Z1 used unhinged doors that lowered into the chassis)
• Buick Terraza
• Chevrolet Astro
• Chevrolet Uplander
• Chevrolet Van
• Chevrolet Venture
• Chrysler Town & Country
• Citroen Berlingo
• Citroen Evasion
• Citroen C8
• Citroen Jumpy
• Citroen Jumper
• Citroen Nemo
• Daihatsu Atrai
• Daihatsu Hijet
• Dodge Caravan
• Dodge Ram Van
• Fiat Doblo
• Fiat Fiorino Qubo
• Fiat Ducato
• Fiat Scudo
• Fiat Ulysse
• Ford Aerostar
• Ford Econoline
• Ford Freestar
• Ford Transit
• Ford Windstar
• Ford Gran C-Max
• GM Safari
• Honda Elysion
• Honda Freed
• Honda Mobilio
• Honda Odyssey(us verisons only)
• Hyundai H-1
• Hyundai Entourage
• Ivenco Daily
• Kaiser Darrin (Used "pocket doors" that slid forward into the front fender.)
• Kia Sedona
• Kia Pregio
• Lancia Zeta
• Lancia Phedra
• Lincoln Mark VIII Concept (Doors "rolled" into underbody of frame and disappeared from view, much like a blind. Prototype)
• Mazda 5
• Mazda Biante
• Mazda Bongo
• Mazda MPV
• Mercedes-Benz V-Class
• Mercedes-Benz Vaneo
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
• Mercedes-Benz Vario
• Mercedes-Benz NAFA Researchvehicle (A very small car similar to the Smart Fortwo with 2 doors sliding forwards.)
• Peugeot 1007 (Employs van-style motorized 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, due to 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

• 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)
• 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.
• Zündapp Janus - (Front and rear mounted side-hinged doors)