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A nostalgic look at “suicide doors”

1948_Delahaye_135MS_Cabriolet_ChapronThere’s a reason why car doors are hinged at the front, not back, and the term “suicide doors” says it all. According to Wikipedia, old-time gangsters liked them because they made it easy to push people (and corpses) out of moving vehicles. Nowadays, car designers avoid them for obvious liability reasons.


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