RENDERMAN

For some of us Vintage folks that spend alot of time complaining about how hard is it to get in and out of you S here's your answer!!

Hopefully it's not a repost.


http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/

JonasM

Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.

JonasM

RENDERMAN

The only thing I have a problem with it is how safe is the car from a side impact?

Matt_in_VA

That is WAY cool. No more door dings if every car had them.

MsPerky

Wow is right...but you wouldn't be able to lower your car and use this, too.

NNY S2k

Now that's a neat idea.

valentine

Honda 367

It is a neat concept. I am sure in due time, they will come up with ways to make it safe from side impact. Ingenious!

JonasM

I'm not so sure this is any less safe than the current doors. When in place, there may be side anchor points that are engaged, just like the current hinges and door latch. There's no reason that the doors themselves would not have the horizontal structural ridgidity required.

All speculation anyway - I doubt I'll be either able to afford a conversion, or that we'll be seeing this in production cars anytime soon. One can hope, though.

JonasM

DrCloud

If you think about the rails and motors it must take to make this happen, it's hard to see how they could be fit under the S.

Now, our Outback, on the other hand...

HPH