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Old 03-17-2010, 12:34 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...why suicide doors on a coupe-like chassis?
The real reason is "it's a show car", but there is a pragmatic reason too :



In the design, the long front door is coupe-like for easy driver access. The rear door is too small, *unless* it's a suicide door. In this situation, you open both doors in order to get into the back. This is the same thing they did with the Saturn Ion coupe :





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