Scissor doors, the Glossary
Scissor doors (also called flap doors, wing doors, beetle-wing doors, turtle doors, switchblade doors, swing-up doors, upswing doors, Lamborghini doors, and Lambo doors) are automobile doors that rotate vertically at a fixed hinge at the front of the door, rather than outward as with a conventional door.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Alfa Romeo Carabo, Butterfly doors, Car, Car door, Convertible, Dooring, Ground track, Gruppo Bertone, Gull-wing door, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Diablo, Lamborghini Murciélago, Lamborghini Reventón, List of cars with non-standard door designs, Marcello Gandini, Migos, Migos discography, Parking, Parking lot, Pillar (car), Rather You Than Me, Rick Ross, Silicon Valley (TV series), Sliding door (car), Suicide door, Swan doors, Vehicle canopy.
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Alfa Romeo Carabo
The Alfa Romeo Carabo is a concept car first shown at the 1968 Paris Motor Show.
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Butterfly doors
Butterfly doors are a type of car door sometimes seen on high-performance cars. Scissor doors and Butterfly doors are car doors.
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Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.
Car door
Exterior side of car door on a 1986 Ford Taurus A car door is a type of door opening, typically hinged on its front edge, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, for entering and exiting a vehicle. Scissor doors and car door are car doors.
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Convertible
A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place.
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Dooring
Dooring is the act of opening a motor vehicle door into the path of another road user. Scissor doors and Dooring are car doors.
Ground track
A ground track or ground trace is the path on the surface of a planet directly below an aircraft's or satellite's trajectory.
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Gruppo Bertone
Gruppo Bertone, commonly known as Bertone, was an Italian industrial design company which specialized in car styling, coachbuilding and manufacturing.
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Gull-wing door
In the automotive industry, a gull-wing door, also known as a falcon-wing door or an up-door, is a car door that is hinged at the roof rather than the side, as pioneered by Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and was designed by a Maxwell James Harris, first as a race car in 1952 (W194), and then as a production sports car in 1954. Scissor doors and gull-wing door are car doors.
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Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese.
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Lamborghini Countach
The Lamborghini Countach is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 until 1990.
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Lamborghini Diablo
The Lamborghini Diablo is a high-performance mid-engine sports car built by Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001.
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Lamborghini Murciélago
The Lamborghini Murciélago is a sports car produced by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini between 2001 and 2010.
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Lamborghini Reventón
The Lamborghini Reventón is a mid-engine limited production sports car that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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List of cars with non-standard door designs
This is a list of cars with non-standard door designs, sorted by door type. Scissor doors and list of cars with non-standard door designs are car doors.
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Marcello Gandini
Marcello Gandini (26 August 1938 – 13 March 2024) was an Italian car designer, widely known for his work with the Italian car design house, Bertone, where his work included designing the Alfa Romeo Carabo and Montreal, Lancia Stratos Zero, Maserati Khamsin, Ferrari GT4, Fiat X1/9, and several Lamborghinis, including the Bravo, Miura, Marzal, Espada, Urraco, and Countach.
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Migos
Migos were an American hip hop group founded in North Atlanta, specifically Lawrenceville, Georgia, in 2008.
Migos discography
American hip hop group Migos consists of four studio albums, one extended play (EP), twelve mixtapes and fifty-three singles (including twenty-four as a featured artist).
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Parking
Parking is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and usually leaving it unoccupied.
Parking lot
A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles.
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Pillar (car)
The pillars on a car with permanent roof body style (such as four-door sedans) are the vertical or nearly vertical supports of its window area or greenhouse—designated respectively as the A, B, C and (in larger cars such as 4-door station wagons and sport utility vehicles) D-pillar, moving from front to rear, in profile view.
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Rather You Than Me
Rather You Than Me is the ninth studio album by American rapper Rick Ross.
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Rick Ross
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper and record executive.
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Silicon Valley (TV series)
Silicon Valley is an American comedy television series created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.
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Sliding door (car)
A sliding door is a type of door that is mounted on or suspended from a track for the door to slide, usually horizontally and outside. Scissor doors and sliding door (car) are car doors.
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Suicide door
A suicide door is an automobile door hinged at its rear rather than the front. Scissor doors and suicide door are car doors.
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Swan doors
Swan doors or swan-wing doors are a type of door on performance cars or concept cars. Scissor doors and swan doors are car doors.
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Vehicle canopy
A vehicle canopy is a rarely used type of door for cars. Scissor doors and vehicle canopy are car doors.
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See also
Car doors
- Anti-intrusion bar
- Butterfly doors
- Car door
- Dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors
- Door card
- Dooring
- Gull-wing door
- List of cars with non-standard door designs
- Scissor doors
- Shaved doors
- Sliding door (car)
- Suicide door
- Swan doors
- Vehicle canopy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_doors
Also known as Beetle-wing doors, Jackknife doors, Lambo doors, Lamborghini doors, Scissor door.