Do try the video.
www.ronsusser.com:80/vehicles.asp?c=a&id=857
The best windows in a pillarless saloon
I wonder why it did not go into production?
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Intriguing though:
I wonder why it did not go into production?
Space to accomodate door within floor must effect cabin space, ultmately it does not make sense to accomodate an open door within the chassis better for it to be out of the way outside the bounds of the car interior hence the cantelever doors as per the McLaren SLR might be a better option, though perhaps those were pinched from Ferrari - only joking!
Side impact protection?
How did the paint work protected as it slides away, could get scratched perhaps.
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Can you imagine the complaints about how noisy the doors are? Owners complained about the electric mirrors creaking on their Merc's as they folded in, so Mercedes fixed it by removing the auto-fold feature!
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Pillarless cars look terrific, but the design makes the body a bit floppy.
My very first car, a thirties 1.5 litre 6-cyl Fiat, was pillarless. The doors latched top and bottom, and although a semi-monocoque it was all slightly floppy. Still worked though (although the car had other, worse problems!).
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Some of us have experienced side window motor failure rendering them jammed in the open or shut position, in this instance the drivers door has already jammed in the closed position, imagine it jamming in the open position.
Little wonder it remained a concept car.
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Plus I wonder how on earth you'd keep a mechanism suspended under the car in working order especially given north american winters, salt, snow, gravel roads etc....
Still its good to see experimentation...
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What about side impact bars?
Watching the inside view it gives the impression ov being not much more than an outer skin with an inner cloth cover!
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Doors aside, what a stupid looking car!! Why can't Americans design proper cars? What's going on with those back lights? Do they actually LOOK at them before signing them off?
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