Ford are very aware of the problems with large doors and tight parking spaces. A few months ago I went along to the first public showing of two new variants of the Ford GT - an open-top version, and one with doors that opened just like the ones on the Mustang you show. The benefit quoted for those doors was easy operation in tight spots.
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:23:58PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Godders. I hadn't thought about the "up and forward" door design as an > advantage when parking. I was thinking it was a bit of a conceit, but perhaps > not. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Interesting car. A little reminiscent of some older Mustang styling > > exercises. With parking space getting tighter all the time, the "up > > and forward" door design has a lot of merit. > > > > The photo is nice and clean, of course. :-) > > > > Godfrey > > > > On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5429605&size=lg > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net