gullwing doors - serious stuff

zpimp · Nov 09, 2005, 6:03 AM

gull-wing doors,from what i know it was the mercedes 300 SL first, cause the doors "looked" like a seagull's wings

you can see it on various marques:
Lamborghini, mclaren, ferrari, Koenigsegg, even that DeLorean 5h1t in the '80

in fact (i dont know if if you noticed it) thei'r VERY different:
the lambo's have one type of doors(diablo, murc, countach)
the mcLaren F1,ferrari enzo/fxx, and couple of others- another type
the 300SL,isdera commendatore,GMC DeLorean r another type
and yet another one is on the koenigsegg

they'r all named "gull-wing" doors(correct me if im wrong) and SOMETIMES "lambo-doors", and thats a bit confusing

they can make the cars , couldnt they make different names for the bloody doors

Sidhu88 · Nov 09, 2005, 6:53 AM

ok firstly the lambo doors are scissor doors not gull wings, they go straight and are connected in the same place as a usual door is except they go up rather than out, gull wing doors are attached to the roof or the roof and the side of the car and go diagonally outwards hence making them look like gull wings. the koenigsegg das double helix doors some proper weird thing when the door goes out and forwards looks weird but cool. so yeh
Lambos - scissor doors
mclaren enzo etc etc - gull wing
koenigsegg - double helix

zpimp · Nov 09, 2005, 7:33 AM

what u r saying makes sense, except for the gullwing doors
first u must agree that 300sl and enzo have different type of doors
so which r the gullwing doors? both?
how about a sea-gull, how does it have its wings like?

Brain_6 · Nov 09, 2005, 8:03 AM

Yeah i have noticed a bit of confusion about the door names as well, i mean now everyone is not too sure what all doors are called and if they are the same. I know gull wing doors are doors which orignated from the Merc SL style and that Lambo doors are Lambo doors, but the one thing iam not sure of is whether Lambo style doors are 'suicide doors' or the RX8 doors are- which open out.

shift_reality · Nov 09, 2005, 8:33 AM

the rx8 doors are a combination of the suicide doors and regular doors, but i think the enzo is a combination of gull wing and lambo doors, it doesnt exactly go straight up like a lambo, but it doesnt go straight up from the roof either...so is it like half half?

Subaru2005 · Nov 09, 2005, 8:58 AM

and the rx8 has suicide doors on the bk, the front ones r normal see pic for details...

hope this helps!

nova · Nov 09, 2005, 10:03 AM

Thanks subaru. Yea, cars like the McLaren F1, Enzo, SLR McLaren, Saleen S7, would be considered gullwing doors. Lamborghini's have scissor doors (or just called lambo doors sometimes), and the RX-8 has suicide doors.

Driftster · Nov 09, 2005, 2:01 PM

and the koenigsegg has...blah blah blah hydrosyncrocrap doors

Thlam · Nov 09, 2005, 2:06 PM

Enzo Targa!

Nov 09, 2005, 6:03 AM	#1
zpimp Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: im unemployed and i live with my parents Posts: 156	gullwing doors - serious stuff gull-wing doors,from what i know it was the mercedes 300 SL first, cause the doors "looked" like a seagull's wings you can see it on various marques: Lamborghini, mclaren, ferrari, Koenigsegg, even that DeLorean 5h1t in the '80 in fact (i dont know if if you noticed it) thei'r VERY different: the lambo's have one type of doors(diablo, murc, countach) the mcLaren F1,ferrari enzo/fxx, and couple of others- another type the 300SL,isdera commendatore,GMC DeLorean r another type and yet another one is on the koenigsegg they'r all named "gull-wing" doors(correct me if im wrong) and SOMETIMES "lambo-doors", and thats a bit confusing they can make the cars , couldnt they make different names for the bloody doors

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Sidhu88 You need to... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,031	ok firstly the lambo doors are scissor doors not gull wings, they go straight and are connected in the same place as a usual door is except they go up rather than out, gull wing doors are attached to the roof or the roof and the side of the car and go diagonally outwards hence making them look like gull wings. the koenigsegg das double helix doors some proper weird thing when the door goes out and forwards looks weird but cool. so yeh Lambos - scissor doors mclaren enzo etc etc - gull wing koenigsegg - double helix __________________ 98% of the internet pop. has a MySpace. If you are part of the 2% that isn't emo, put this in ur sig

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Nov 09, 2005, 7:33 AM	#3
zpimp Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: im unemployed and i live with my parents Posts: 156	what u r saying makes sense, except for the gullwing doors first u must agree that 300sl and enzo have different type of doors so which r the gullwing doors? both? how about a sea-gull, how does it have its wings like?

Nov 09, 2005, 8:03 AM	#4
Brain_6 Experienced Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Scotland, Edinburgh Posts: 681	Yeah i have noticed a bit of confusion about the door names as well, i mean now everyone is not too sure what all doors are called and if they are the same. I know gull wing doors are doors which orignated from the Merc SL style and that Lambo doors are Lambo doors, but the one thing iam not sure of is whether Lambo style doors are 'suicide doors' or the RX8 doors are- which open out.

Nov 09, 2005, 8:33 AM	#5
shift_reality Experienced Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 540	the rx8 doors are a combination of the suicide doors and regular doors, but i think the enzo is a combination of gull wing and lambo doors, it doesnt exactly go straight up like a lambo, but it doesnt go straight up from the roof either...so is it like half half?

Nov 09, 2005, 10:03 AM	#7
nova Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fuquay, NC Posts: 1,715	Thanks subaru. Yea, cars like the McLaren F1, Enzo, SLR McLaren, Saleen S7, would be considered gullwing doors. Lamborghini's have scissor doors (or just called lambo doors sometimes), and the RX-8 has suicide doors.

Nov 09, 2005, 2:06 PM	#9
Thlam Forum Guru Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal,qc Posts: 4,075	Enzo Targa!

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