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What are Gullwing Doors?
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What are Gullwing Doors?
The term gull-wing door is an automotive industry term describing automobile doors which are hinged at the roof. They are so named because, when opened, the doors evoke the image of a seagull's wings.
Conventional car doors are typically hinged at the front-facing edge of the door and allow the door to swing outward from the body of the car.
The most well-known examples of road-cars with gull-wing doors are the Mercedes-Benz 300SL from the 1950s, the Bricklin SV-1 from the 1970s and the De Lorean DMC-12 from the 1980s.
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SevorbeupstryIsBack
- 9/2/2007 5:10:57 AM
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The first supercar.
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EnnNorak
- 9/7/2007 7:45:55 AM
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The 300 SL was the price of a small house back in the fifties and only a few thousand less than the RR silver Cloud that I lusted for -- I was a student then and content to drive a used Cadillac. A little later, I could have bought the Jaguar XKE roadster but I was saving my money to go into business so I had to keep on driving company furnished sedans. Maybe I'm lucky that I never did get the 300 SL as I probably would have rolled it and died unable to open the gullwing doors with the car wrecked in an upside-down position.
I95SPEEDINGTICKETS
- 9/2/2007 7:57:42 AM
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Forget Gullwing........ It's Sooo Yesterday
The Koenigsegg has the BEST DOOR SETUP EVER.
Look it up.
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Atenza28
- 9/2/2007 4:16:12 PM
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Absolutely correct. The Koenigsegg doors are the best doors ever.
w209w114
- 9/2/2007 6:50:09 PM
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What an ignorant statement! You cant compare a car that close to 60 years with a new one. You dont know how to appreciate cars.
SilentNightR34
- 9/6/2007 5:17:30 PM
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Whoa dude no need to get your panties in a bunch! He just prefers the Koenigsegg doors!
damikco
- 9/2/2007 10:07:23 AM
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Whith gull wing doors you have to watch where you park or may not be able to open them becuse the swing out.
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Airliner
- 9/3/2007 1:44:03 PM
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I guess you would know this from your vast experience with these doors?! 'Here let me make a dumb statement with no clue as to what I am talking about.' Gullwing doors only swing out a few inches out since the opening action is towards the center of the roof; meaning up and out of the way... a conventional door needs a lot more clearance; a coupe like sports car comparable to these gullwing door cars would need even more clearance than a typical 4D sedan. But you probably already knew that... Wait, you didn’t.
DaHarder
- 9/2/2007 11:09:51 AM
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My dad had a Bricklin SV-1 back in mids 1970's, and those doors, though very cool looking, were so unreliable and such a P.I.T.A.
Parking was indeed an issue.
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damikco
- 9/5/2007 4:29:52 PM
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Airliner ... true indeed but conventional doors can allow you to get out most of the time while they are only halfway opend if a car is next to you, you would have to roll out of gullwing doors if you only opend them halfway if at all possable....... pepole try to sound intellegent on this site alot.... but maybe next time ok
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Airliner
- 9/9/2007 3:21:00 PM
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Sorry... you missed the point. A true gullwing door only needs a couple of inches to open 100%. Not halfway like a conventional door.
On your second point... you only sound intelligent if you speak from experience. So I am sorry you managed to slam yourself with your own comment.
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