Suicide door

Suicide door is a car door is colloquially called, is not forward, but hinged at the rear. This design is more convenient because of the larger space available when getting in and out ( keep clear of passing area next to the car and grabbed more favorable position of the door opener) in the rule. The combination chipped front front doors and hinged rear doors in the rear is called the portal door. Will it also dispenses with the B-pillar, this solution offers the ultimate in convenience when getting in and out. Rear-hinged rear doors were common since the early days of closed bodies.

Hazards caused by doors

The rear-hinged doors were banned in Germany in 1961 because they are not pressed shut in case of accidental opening when in motion by the wind, but torn abruptly. In the worst case, the occupant is pulled out of the vehicle. A particular danger was for children who were previously not wearing a seat belt were still in child seats.

The ban opponents pointed out that the impact of the vehicle, the rear-hinged doors not jumped even with warped body and the occupants could not be thrown from the vehicle. Another argument was that the front hinged doors could be opening if accidentally torn off by a signal coming from the rear vehicle, while a suicide door would then struck again.

There were producers who adjusted the door opening of the new legislation in current production: the Fiat Nuova 500 is an example of this. Early models have the door hinges, rear door handles and the front, in the later models from 1965 it was the reverse. Because the legislation banned the rear-hinged doors earlier, Fiat had obtained a dispensation for the last three years of production of the D model, which was marked with a special stamp in each vehicle title.

Today's edition of the operating permit is a safety feature that prevents the doors may be opened during navigation. In addition, this design is for vehicles with low speed, such as tractors, construction equipment, and the like still very common.

Renaissance rear -hinged doors

Currently, this door form experienced in the design as a portal doors a small renaissance, various automotive designers to experiment again with this stylistic device. First of all luxury cars are equipped with it. Thus, there have been in the fleet of the British royal family ( with vehicles from Daimler, Rolls- Royce and Bentley ) practically only Portaltüren vehicles (excluding all-terrain vehicle Range Rover ):

  • 2002 Bentley State Limousine, a constructed Bentley under VW leadership custom-made, were made by the only two pieces as an official vehicle for the British Queen. In the general range of Bentley this portal doors version, however, did not flow as a style element. The series vehicles from Bentley (and Maybach ) are equipped with normal doors.
  • Rolls- Royce model range since 2003: All models are equipped with the Rolls- Royce "coach doors" called portal doors that have been reintroduced under BMW's leadership after as early as 1959 to 1992, the hand-crafted RR models Phantom V VI equipped with rear doors had been. The Zweitürermodellen from 2003, the two doors are hinged at the rear.

Automobile rear-hinged doors (selection)

Current Models

Portal doors: front doors front hinged, rear hinged rear doors

  • Bentley: Bentley State Limousine 2002 sedan manufactured representation of the British Queen ( the General Product Program Bentley is equipped with standard doors)
  • Rolls- Royce: all models since 2003 with rear doors / / all two-door model: doors hinged at the rear
  • Called at GM / Opel Flex doors - rear doors: GM / Opel: Opel Meriva second generation from 2010

Portal - half doors:

  • Mazda RX -8 - double doors, hinged back with half doors
  • GM / Saturn: Saturn ION QUAD COUPE - double doors, hinged back with half doors
  • Chrysler Dodge: Dodge Ram - double doors, hinged back with half doors
  • Mini Clubman - right double doors with rear -hinged half- door
  • BMW i3 - double doors, hinged back with half doors

Historic Vehicles

Hinged rear doors rear - rear doors = front doors front: maximized passenger comfort

Feature of portal doors: front doors front hinged, rear hinged rear doors. The best entry and exit comfort for the passenger is obtained when omitting the B-pillar. Portal doors and brand-specific names: Rolls- Royce = coach doors, GM / Opel = flex doors, Mazda = freestyle doors,

  • BMW 501, BMW 502 and BMW 3.2 rear doors
  • Cadillac Eldorado Brougham rear doors 1957-1958
  • Delage D8 - 120
  • Delahaye 175
  • Facel Vega Excellence 1958
  • Ford Thunderbird - four-door models 1967-1971
  • Ford Vedette Vendôme 1947-1954 and rear doors
  • Lancia Aurelia B10 Lancia Appia and rear doors
  • Lincoln Zephyr
  • Lincoln Continental - rear doors on four-door models
  • NSU Ro 80 2 Porte 2 - rear doors ( design study, 1971)
  • Opel Kapitän rear doors 1948-1951
  • Praga Praga Alfa (version: closed 5-seater ) and Praga Alfa Featon, Praga Piccolo (version: closed 5-seater )
  • Rover P4, 60, 75, 90, 105 and 110, rear doors
  • Rolls- Royce Phantom V, Phantom VI
  • Steyr 100, 200, 220 ( ~ 1935-40 ), rear doors

Hinged rear doors all: Maximized entry- convenience

Feature: front doors and rear doors hinged at the rear or in two-door vehicles (eg coupe ) the doors hinged at the rear.

  • Borgward Hansa 2400 1953-1958
  • Citroën Type H
  • Fiat 500 Topolino - early cars, Fiat 1100 E 1949 to 1953
  • Fiat 600 and Fiat 600 Multipla 1955-1960, 1957-1967 Seat 600
  • Ford Taunus G93A 1951
  • Goggomobil 1955-1964
  • Gutbrod Superior 600 1950-1952
  • Hanomag Partner 1951
  • Jawa: Auto Models 1933-1951 - produced only small car / two-door - doors each hinged at the rear
  • Lagonda: Lagonda 2.6 - liter Drophead Coupé ( 1947-1953 ), Lagonda 3- liter Drophead Coupé ( 1953-1958 )
  • Lloyd 300, 400, 600, and Alexander 1950-1961
  • Maico small car 500 1956-1958
  • MG: Type TC, TD type and type TF
  • Morris Minor early models
  • NSU - Fiat: 1100 (1938), 600 (1958), each Zweitürer-Modelle/Normal- and convertible version - hinged rear doors
  • Oldsmobile F -35 and L -35 all four doors
  • Praga: Praga V3S for trucks until the end of production in 1984
  • Saab 92, Saab 93 and early models of the 95, 96
  • Saporoshez SAS-965/965A

Minimized cost of production: All doors on the B-pillar

Feature: Both doors on the B- pillar struck: front hinged rear doors, rear doors forward struck

  • AC 2 Litre 1947-1956, Petite 1953
  • Alvis Type 14 1946-1950, 3 Litre 1950
  • Citroën Citroën Traction Avant 11 CV and 15 CV Citroën 2CV ( early models )
  • DKW cars 1950-1962, last only for the four-door and estate cars
  • DKW Quick Aster
  • IFA F8, F9 IFA
  • Jaguar Mark V 3.5 Litre 1948-1951
  • Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 depending on body builder / design 1930-1937
  • Mercedes -Benz W 136 1936-1942 and 1947-1955
  • MG: type Y,
  • Peugeot 202 and 203
  • Renault 4CV 1947 to 1950, Renault Prairie 1951
  • Rolls- Royce Silver Dawn 1952-1955 with the standard Steel Body Rolls- Royce
  • Skoda Superb ( 1934), 1101 1946, 1102 1950
Volkswagen Rolls-Royce Phantom Mazda RX-8 Saturn Corporation Rolls-Royce Phantom V Rolls-Royce Phantom VI Saab 96 Alvis Car and Engineering Company DKW-Schnellaster MG Y-type Peugeot 203 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
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