Scissor doors

Scissor doors are car doors that are hinged in the region of the A - pillar forward and open up, with the opening process is usually supported by gas springs. You will find most use in passenger cars and are often confused with wing doors. Particularly well known for the use of such doors of the Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini scissor doors is used or used in its models Countach, Diablo, Murcielago, Reventon and Aventador.

  • 3.1 scissor doors
  • 3.2 butterfly doors

Mixed forms

Today for many car models (as of 2009) door hinges available that allow a scissor- door-type opening process of the standard car doors. Since as a rule the initial mounting position of the hinges and the shape of the doors is not changed, a direct opening to the top is not possible, so that accordingly upgraded doors initially opened to a certain angle in the usual outwardly and then pivoted upwards be.

Butterfly door

A commonly known as butterfly doors mixed form of scissor and double doors comes, inter alia, the McLaren F1 and the Ferrari Enzo Ferrari used. In this construction, the doors open forward and upward, but also to the side and swing it open part of the roof. The term " butterfly doors " however, is not unique in the German, as well as the rear hinged doors: (also " suicide doors "), so called.

Disadvantages

To allow the opening of the doors according to the above front, the shape of the doors and respective bodies can not be chosen arbitrarily. In addition, measures must be taken to keep the doors after opening reliably in their final position ( usually implemented with gas struts ). This means - as compared with conventional side-opening doors - extra effort and involves the risk of falling like a guillotine doors in case of failure of the containment system. As vehicles with different types upwardly opening doors, no door can be opened if the vehicle is an accident on the roof (but does not affect the retrofit solutions, for these, the doors if required can also continue to open as ordinary doors). Further, in the retrofit solutions on many models more additional adjustment work must be carried out, such as the change or adjustment ( and the associated re-painting ) the front fenders and / or the extension of the door harness.

The required ceiling height is sometimes significantly.

Other examples of vehicle

Scissor doors

  • Bugatti EB110
  • Sports car in the company Vector
  • Audi Avus Quattro (prototype)
  • Dome Zero 1978 (prototype)
  • Alfa Romeo Carabo of 1968 ( prototype)
  • Lamborghini Countach
  • Lamborghini Murcielago
  • Lamborghini Aventador
  • Spyker C8
  • K-1 Attack
  • Renault Twizy

Butterfly doors

  • Automotive design
  • Door (component )
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