Doors that open the other way

aardvaak

I sat in a relations car the was fairly new recently the back doors opened the opposite to normal like the very old ancient cars.

What make/model could this be?

colino

Off the top of my head, cars with rear suicide doors include RR Phantoms or V/x Merivas. I can understand your confusion.

forgotmyname

RX8, Honda Element, Rolls Royce Phantom, and a few others.

Tigsteroonie

Is it the Ford B-Max? I seem to remember an advert that demonstrated rear doors opening t'other way and no central pillars, so a man could dive straight through the centre of it.

forgotmyname

I thought the rear doors slide backwards not open backwards?

neilmcl

Vauxhall Meriva?

Nodding_Donkey

Mazda RX8 has suicide doors (rear)

jbainbridge

+1 Meriva.

arcon5

Why are they suicide doors?

marlot

arcon5 wrote: »

Why are they suicide doors?

If you accidentally open a normal door the wind pressure closes it again.

If you open a reverse opening door, the wind pressure pulls it wide open and you may fall out trying to close it.

Goes back to the times when cars were made of wood covered with cloth.

Exemplar

Mini Clubman (rear door).