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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Famous quotes containing the words suicide and/or door:
“There is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.”
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
“The door is opening. A man you have never seen enters the room.
He tells you that it is time to go, but that you may stay,
If you wish. You reply that it is one and the same to you.
It was only later, after the house had materialized elsewhere,
That you remembered you forgot to ask him what form the change would take.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)