Lamborghini has the scissor door, Lincoln popularized the suicide door and Ferrari may soon have a unique door design of its own. Leaked patent drawings from Europe have revealed the Italian automaker is readying a new door design to aid in ingress and egress.
Intended to make it easier to slide in and out of a low-slung supercar, Ferrari’s new door design appears to be a hybrid between a scissor door and a gullwing. However, unlike a typical design, the door continues to the car’s front fender, allowing for a greater space to enter and exit the vehicle.
According to the leaked patent – which surfaced on Autocar – the design is suitable for front, rear or mid-engine vehicles, but was designed with mid-engine cars in mind. The patent also claims the design is “easy and cost-effective to make†when compared to a traditional gullwing system.
The patent didn’t make mention of what vehicle the door system was designed for, but keep an eye out for a vertical-doored Ferrari sometime next decade.
