A suicide door is a car door hinged on the trailing edge, the edge closer to the rear of the vehicle. This was the cherished tradition of the (horse-drawn) carriage builders. Such doors are rarely used on vehicles in modern times because of their disadvantages.
Although the term is often used in the custom car trade, it is avoided by major automobile manufacturers in favour of terms such as "coach doors" (Rolls-Royce), "FlexDoors" (Opel Meriva) "freestyle doors" (Mazda), "rear access doors" (Saturn Ion), and "rear-hinged doors".
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“Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“I always have felt strange when we came home
To the dark house after so long an absence,
And the key rattled loudly into place
Seemed to warn someone to be getting out
At one door as we entered at another.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)