Unusual Car Door Designs

One of the most refreshing features which deviates from the ordinary conventional approach to car design is the choice of door mechanism. Sometimes it is different merely for the sake of flamboyance, other times it's surprisingly practical. Make your own opinion and pick your favorite.
NOTE: The year indicated in the upper right corner suggests the year of introduction, not necessarily the year of production of the displayed car.
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[@chrish7975]

Lincoln MkVIII 'Disappearing Door' prototype.. the coolest invention ever and one of the few that never went into production.

[@AaaAaa-ly3on]

- yet. ;)

[@R2D2G7]

But it is not safe at all. Just image how you will exit the car if somebody hit you in a side.

[@Xayuap]

Z1 got it almost

[@yagibolillos96]

@@R2D2G7 good point

[@richardkryston2990]

@@R2D2G7 that's problematic with any door. the disappearing design, done correctly, can have structural advantages giving the passenger better protection from side collisions.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

I love how seagull wing doors are used on a ton of cars but still considered "weird"

[@Zodroo_Tint]

Just look at the numbers! It is weird.

[@Refugeefromcalif]

I wasn't aware that that many cars were manufactured with, "Gull Wing" doors. Cool! 👍

[@Momo_Kawashima]

@@Zodroo_Tint meh, still way less weird that sliding doors. I can't consider them weird after the Back to the future trilogy, they're too normal for me now

[@rowdy6274]

@@Zodroo_Tint but compare it to the other numbers. Probably less than 0.1% of cars have gullwing doors

[@michaelz6870]

@@rowdy6274 right. I can think of, like, two base models (mass produced, mind you) in the last 40 years....

[@BrokebackBob]

The Lincoln Mark VIII is the best of all by far.

[@kingofsludge7262]

It’s kind of witchcraft

[@THESLlCK]

that was just a concept

[@michaelbaka4777]

Had a friend that bought a DeLorean brand new. The central locking system NEVER worked right; you could be easily trapped inside. But try opening one in the rain, I promise you will be drenched! Loved the Graham!!!!!! Just beautiful.

[@cirlu_bd]

6:17 rare footage of Doug Demuro in something else than shorts.

[@themac6356]

THIS is a NEW pair of jeans! I got them to wear FOR THIS CAR REVIEW and at the end of the review I will give them a Doug Score.

[@psych3009]

funny how Jay Leno is ALWAYS wearing jeans and the ONE time Doug decides to wear jeans was to go see Jays Mclaren F1 xD

[@thomasritter1998]

@@themac6356 I've gone mental.. Reading THIS with dougs voice in my head 😄

[@DiHandley]

The best one was definitely the second last. Where the doors slide underneath the car. Very clever.

[@UserUser-oy8ch]

now u see the Lincoln Mark 7 that one was absolutely practical, how fast and easy having the doors lik3 that made getting out of it. should've made it available its awesome

[@Xayuap]

we need more van type sliding doors for the sake of parking

[@tezlaactual6582]

Quite a few after market companies will do the Lambo doors or full doors for most cars

[@THESLlCK]

@@tezlaactual6582 those don't help much

[@tezlaactual6582]

@@THESLlCK Lambo doors do as long as your aware of what's above you

[@spiralnapkin]

That's the reason my wife refuses to get an suv. We have kids and although we try our best to instill in them to be careful when they open a regular door, they're so careless and will still slam the door open with a car parked next to us. She will only drive a van.

[@Xayuap]

@@spiralnapkin front doors should slide too

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Try some of these when it's raining!

[@XantheFIN]

Gull-wing doors for the win.

[@neonzombi9928]

You say that like normal doors are somehow superior in rainy conditions. Have a little creativity man if anything gull-wing doors are the best for rainy conditions. I think every door design has its niche advantage and that’s what makes them cool.

[@KoldingDenmark]

01:59 the Lamborghini Marzal is the most stunning car I have ever "seen". Always been fascinated by it. Would love to see one in real life one day.

[@WatanabeNoTsuna.]

My uncle has one. I've ridden in it many times! No, you can't meet him - he lives out of state and only comes over on the weekends! 😂

[@KoldingDenmark]

@@WatanabeNoTsuna. Hope you enjoy it. It is beautiful. B.t.w I am not only out of state, I am out if The States. 😉

[@hoilst265]

You got the Holden Hurricane in there!

[@louisb.6149]

The delorean is a real treat to see in person. They’re incredibly wild on the inside

[@ArthurBrinkman-c5z]

Everything old becomes new again.

[@davegoldspink5354]

Love it! From when cars were individual and more than computers on wheels. 0:05 The Graham 97 type really was a beautiful place to start 2:28 and I never get tired of seeing our Aussie Holden Hurricane which is now in the Holden museum in Echuca.

[@g-a-i-l-]

Turnpike Cruiser lifting roof over passenger seat so people can glide in. Always loved the 300SL was it, with the Batwing. I was hoping a good looking female got out in the appropriate year skirt

[@carshowreporter]

Love your series including Party Tricks 1 and 2 !!! Hey, viewer, sure to watch them too!!!

[@donalddodson7365]

Great memories, a few of which my parents' cars had. Love the T-Bird sequential turn lights, which were maybe on a few other brands. Thank you!

[@UserUser-oy8ch]

all these awesome designs from ancient times are amazing and currently there's no style and innovations like these

[@Badjoe117]

Still quite a few modern cars with odd and innovative doors, Tesla model X for example has a pretty unique gullwing door of sorts.

[@SteveBueche1027]

All these styles of cars and yet we have the only current choices of Egg or Egg with Cheese.

[@sirwilliams3885]

Loved how the old guy had the get out of the gull wing Benz down packed.. as if hi be a new g...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DanteYewToob]

Did that Cyclone have a tiny door inside it's door? Lmao

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Man those cars are sexy, back when art was incorporated into automotive and took a bigger priority than profit margins.

[@ThePaperKhan]

A lot of these are luxury cars or concepts. But yeah, i will agree with you.

[@louisb.6149]

“Alternatively” made me laugh pretty hard! Great movie

[@canbalaban2057]

Kapısına oturup şampiyonluk sevincine çıkamayacağınız araçlar.

[@majorfrost8206]

Alpha's forward hinged gull wing doors were brilliant.

[@NemoThorx]

They're sometimes known as "butterfly wing" doors :)

[@tobyjones5430]

Your channel rules!! Keep making these kinds of videos

[@albear972]

Very cool! And dang! that Mercedes Benz 300 SL is lacking room. I had no idea it was so cramped inside. Or it was just that people were thinner in the 1950's

[@imstupid880]

It's amazing how many of these look modern still...

[@cana125dh7322]

I have a new appreciation for the powered sliding doors on my Toyota Sienna.

[@jackluminous1684]

Well.. one huge issue with almost all of these door designs - when the car is flipped over after an accident - there's to way to evacuate from it (not even mentioning this has to be done really quick sometimes).

[@mewtwo.150]

9/10 video Cuz it would be awesome to name the how the type of door is called

[@jofus3604]

I remember reading one of the first road test on the DeLorean, how he loved the "Gull Wing" doors until he drove thru a rain shower! When he opened the door it poured a cup of water onto his right shoulder!

[@Zodroo_Tint]

Pay the price! Or move to LA!

[@TheTferrer]

Definitely - the Graham type 97 is the way to go to prevent door dings in today's vehicles. BMW Z1 is good, Lincoln VIII is excellent.

[@sebkhailer7374]

The door opening design of the Cadillac Cyclone and the Bertone Ramaro are possibly the most useful especially if you're in a crowded parking lot.

[@bublebubman08]

So many cars that I see for the first time... 👍🏼

[@PrydeWater901]

That Chevy Astro III with articulating seats makes gullwing doors look “normal”.

[@denisfreire3645]

Brazil watching.. .amazing

[@JulioTijuana01]

Great video. It would have been nice to see the Panthermobile here :-)

[@DarkGT]

Some designs are very practical.

[@Ant008]

You missed the most innovative car door system of all, the Peugeot 1007, I know cos I have one, superb car

[@karlbark]

Yes, good point on that one ! ☺ -But I've heard that the doors are slow as ...he...*cough*...hel... ...*slooow*..... -There is one (with a cool 😎 yellow colour) in my neighborhood...but I've never met the owner.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

Most innovative? What the hell are you talking about?

[@ghaleasprod6952]

@@Zodroo_Tint He's talking about the van-typed doors I think. Not that innovative if you ask me but pretty usefull for getting in and out of a parked car

[@Perry_dAccard]

You mean the electric sliding doors that a shit ton of minivans had before it? Except this one had giant door handles . So Peugeot had to reprogram the doors so the rotating brusges of a car wash could not open them 🤣

[@justchillinout2002]

What part of PRE-2000 did you miss?

[@abulbasher7318]

Nice collection 🤠🤠

[@Phantom_Aspekt]

2:27 that's a little known piece of Australian automotive history right there, I'm pretty sure it was the first car to have a reversing camera too. Unfortunately Holden never did anything with it.

[@birdman7135]

(1:50) *Ford GT40* Guillotine Doors? You could get your head chopped off if you're in a hurry!

[@nscalefun]

AWESOME!!! Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.

[@trossk]

Tight as some places make their parking spots, would be nice to see more cars with gull/Lambo style doors

[@portu9610]

Parov stelar

[@asteverino8569]

Liking your channel. My third episode and subscribed.

[@davidfromamerica1871]

The first thing that comes to mind..? Water Leaks..LOL

[@XMattingly]

Gullwing, rotating and sliding doors Starting with Holden Hurricane at 2:28 _”NoW Let’S Get fREaKy”_

[@jasonsmith3457]

We really do need the cockpit opening doors in production cars imagine if you were in a tight parking space and you won't have any problems getting in or out because of the cockpit door

[@minustaco42zero24]

Leo deserved an Oscar just for the way he opened the door to that Lamborghini

[@NLBassist]

Cool! I miss the bubble cars like the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller and the BMW Isetta though.

[@ClassicCarsFruit]

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[@mehdisol7094]

all those doors can't beat the ease of use and access of regular doors. at least you don't look stupid with regular door when entering of leaving the car

[@Nevets-dy3dh]

Great designs.

[@ryanfuxa6738]

Title of video: "Unusual car door designs" Half the cars: Gull wing doors and Lambo doors Honestly the only one on here that is truly unusual is the Marzal, simply because it's a Lambo with Gullwing doors. But that Lincoln M7. Chef's kiss.

[@yousufmusthaneer9738]

BMW z1 i didn't get it.. doors opened like window glass & Lincoln mark 8 ..

[@yenyz8192]

Great video thank you !

[@abdulabdanahib9617]

beautiful classic

[@sjgavenger37]

When I was a kid a guy in my neighborhood had the Sterling kit car

[@TurUwU]

These videos make me realize, they where living in the future long time ago.

[@hugomt9045]

its it me or the ford gt40 and the tesla model 3 door handles are very similar

[@HarryJSteele]

The Lincoln Mark VIII prototype door design should have gone into mass production for all vehicles. 6:31

[@brendalballentine9422]

think about how expensive replacing the motors must be

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@brendalballentine9422 Plus when it breaks you are fucked

[@Mick_A_Knuckle]

@@nickrustyson8124 And it would most definitely break.

[@jmarcum72]

I need to know the song details!!! I love this.

[@RSTBKT]

holy crap, that last one

[@davidkastin4240]

Awesome designs. A chiropractor is recommended tho lol

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

And a hard hat.

[@BuddyHolgi70]

Some bubble cars of the fifties are definitely missing, such as Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, BMW Isetta, Heinkel Kabine, Zuendapp Janus.

[@ClassicCarsFruit]

That's because there's a separate video just for bubble cars on my channel. Enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfXhap9e62AmtE

[@BuddyHolgi70]

@@ClassicCarsFruit Great, thanks for the Info.

[@BackSeatHump]

You forget the Heinkel Kabine, the BMW Isetta, and the Messerschmitt KR200.

[@spotstate3548]

He made a different video just for microcars

[@BackSeatHump]

@@spotstate3548 Oh!

[@bobwalsh3751]

6:33 rollin up to the club like

[@DwayneETowns]

Who's singing the music doing The Jive? some of the cars in that era still cool

[@gilly9666]

They really knew how to make beautiful car back then

[@allanlindskoog]

So many of these don't show anyone getting in or out of the vehicle - probably because it wasn't that easy to do in some cases. They look cool, but were they practical?

[@chriswilliams2019]

Future stuff in the past 🤯🤯

[@brucecarney4416]

The "music" was just gawdaffull.

[@thrillho7267]

The gull wing doors look cool but what a PITA to live with. I can see why they never caught on.

[@yousufmusthaneer9738]

Lamborghini mazerall was looking hard core beast

[@ripperman25]

Lincoln mark 8 takes the cake

[@sebastianmacduck2222]

Der Citroen 2CV Mehari ist vergessen worden. Die Tür ist entweder eine Kette, ein Stück Stoff, nicht vorhanden oder nur ein Stück Plastik mit einem Ablagefach.

[@cva1122]

BMW Z1, coolest design by far. The Lincoln Mk 8, if it went beyond prototype.

[@onlyfact4481]

Nice music man!!

[@portu9610]

Parov Stelar 🔝

[@johcooper2266]

Find a full service Gas Station, line all of these cars up, say fill them up, and hilarity would ensue.

[@straightpipediesel]

Why? The whole point of full service is so you don't need to get out of the car. That would make more sense if this was an "unusual gas filler designs" video.

[@PANGAWD]

Cool vid but where's the BMW Isetta?! One of the most unusual doors ever!!!

[@Pizza_2921]

6:18 Sooo will the doors open horizontaly or verticaly? Mclaren: YES

[@NemoThorx]

Amd inspired by the Toyota Sera immediately preceding it in this video!

[@gassyirishman2859]

I always knew there was a reason they made that late 90s Lincoln so UFO-like...

[@RobertBrown-rg3gu]

Like the door openings and closings and hidden compartments and stuff ... But NOT into electrical operating autos. Gotta have top fuel.

[@r0dnee]

What happened to the hypersport rear hinged scissor doors

[@justbecause968]

Holden hurricane?? Where do you get this footage bro??

[@ClassicCarsFruit]

Everywhere I can, and if the resolution is too low, I use AI software to enhance it.

[@eldelabicidecolores]

You deserve more views! This is epic! There were some cars that I didnt even know they existed.

[@Daniel28021991]

Other ones: BMW Isetta and Microlino (door in the front), Peugeot 1007 (only sliding doors).

[@ClassicCarsFruit]

Done! See here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfXhap9e62AmtE

[@ursintop10dk]

the "mercedes CW311" is an Isdera Imperator 108i

[@slatibaadfast]

Most of those were so impractical. Either difficult or uncomfortable to get in or out of. Or absolutely hopeless in heavy rain. The interior would be soaked by the time you were in and the doors closed.

[@bodizenman]

Great cars

[@andyu69]

EPIC video length Finally found a vehicle 710 .

[@majedm]

What about the Koenigsegg? Tesla Model X, Peugeot 1007, Renault Avantime,etc... and the rest of the cars with "Suicide Doors"?

[@Lu-KN]

4:00 BRILLIANT haha

[@christophermorin9036]

What the heck was that clip at 4:00 ? Lol, I thought that might be Jim Carrey, but it wasn't.

[@man_on_wheelz]

Just realized when viewing the outro, you missed the BMW Isetta.

[@ClassicCarsFruit]

I made a separate video about bubble cars kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfXhap9e62AmtE

[@vcval]

I got to see the Holden hurricane in person didn't sit in it though

[@SoloLap]

No Renaultsport Spider?

[@galaxies7426]

ikenga gt looks awesome

[@margaretjaeger2064]

Hey..ummm..what’s the safety rating on these unique car doors..?? Many look as if the driver got in and the car was built around him in it. How comfortable can that really be..? Sort of like a mobile exo skeleton….

[@smOOdiebOOdie]

You should have put in a koenigsegg door they’re incredible.