Suicide Doors?

[setritt]

Anyone think why we didn't get those on the model S - that would be pretty cool.

 

[AnOutsider]

Anyone think why we didn't get those on the model S - that would be pretty cool.

I dunno... why didn't we get a number of things? The Model X "needed" the doors if you go by what the Tesla folks are saying. I don't think the Model S needed them -- they got cool door handles anyway.

 

[doug]

I don't see how there would be much benefit to having them on the Model S.

 

[Andrew Wolfe]

Also, I think you would lose the Pano roof.

Not to mention that they won't be ready for 18-months.

 

[Robert.Boston]

The OP was talking about suicide doors, not falcon doors.

There are a lot of issues with suicide doors, including trying to get people into the front and back rows at the same time. They're great if you have a chauffeur.

 

[Dan5]

Wasn't there a Honda Fit or something that had a suicide door?

I like them and they are really easy to detail

There was one thread on here where the doors when completely under the car or something- that was really cool- can't imagine it on the Model S though (it may be too low the ground)

 

[brianman]

"Under doors"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGRzPFUlIeY

"Weird doors"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbqnLxrgui0&feature=endscreen

 

[WhiteKnight]

Wasn't there a Honda Fit or something that had a suicide door?

Honda Element

 

[tnawara]

Wasn't there a Honda Fit or something that had a suicide door?

The MINI Clubman has one, and from the linked article it sounds like the future standard MINI hardtop might be getting them too.