Gull-wing door

A hinged door at designated car a vehicle door that opens with a stop in the roof top. With the door at the same time a part of the roof is opened to allow easy entry into the vehicle. The technique was - based on the German Patent Nt. 844544 Hanns Trippels - in 1952 for the first time the 300SL ( W194 ) sports car from Mercedes used and assumed the 300SL ( W198 ) in the series in 1954. The test vehicles C111 (from 1969), the principle was reinstated.

In high-volume vehicles, folding doors have never been enforced, although it would be helpful in tight parking spaces. On the other hand, you could after a rollover no longer leave one lying on the roof of the car. When MB SLS AMG has solved this problem by providing the doors are blown off in a rollover, so that you leave the vehicle is possible.

Through the Back to the Future movie trilogy of the DeLorean DMC- 12 (1980-1983) was known. In the 1980s, wing doors were in the tuning scene in fashion. In small series of the super sports car Gumpert Apollo is offered with double doors today.

The scissor doors, which uses, for example, Lamborghini, and tuners are often confused with folding doors offer a " Lambo style doors" for many cars for retrofitting. You have to stop in the region of the front fender and lifted parallel to the direction of travel up forward.

Other examples of vehicles with hinged doors

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  • Door (component )
Hans Trippel Supercar Autozam AZ-1 Bristol Fighter (automobile)
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