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  2. List of cars with non-standard door designs - Wikipedia

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    Suzuki CV1 – one single door in the car's fiberglass body; Tata Magic Iris – All three doors are conventional doors, 2 doors on the passenger's side and 1 door on the driver's side. TVR Tuscan Speed Six – Conventional front doors, but door handles are in button form under the side mirrors.

  3. Hill-holder - Wikipedia

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    Hill-holders work best for those who are inexperienced with manual shift techniques, or in situations with heavy traffic in steep hilly conditions (as in San Francisco, or Duluth for example). However the same technique can be accomplished by a driver through the use of the manual parking brake lever, coordinated with the brake, clutch, gear ...

  4. List of fastback automobiles - Wikipedia

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    This list of fastback automobiles includes examples of a car body style whose roofline slopes continuously down at the back. [1] It is a form of back for an automobile body consisting of a single convex curve from the top to the rear bumper. [2] This automotive design element "relates to an interest in streamlining and aerodynamics". [3]

  5. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

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    The Electric Brae is a road on which cyclists pedal hard to ride downhill, then rest while coasting uphill. Even a car in neutral will look World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

  6. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road ...

  7. Vehicle blind spot - Wikipedia

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    The blue car's driver sees the green car through the mirrors but cannot see the red car without turning to check the blind spot (the mirrors are not properly adjusted) As one is driving an automobile , blind spots are the areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors (expecting that ...

  8. Sliding door (car) - Wikipedia

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    Sliding plug doors on a bus have pantographic hinges that move the door panel outwards from its plug socket and then parallel to the side of the bus to clear the opening. On closing, the door is wedged and locked into the opening. This arrangement makes a very good airtight and soundproof seal and is commonly found on coaches.

  9. Car door - Wikipedia

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    Open doors on a Chrysler Airflow. Car doors are designed to facilitate ingress and egress by car passengers. [1]Unlike other types of doors, the exterior side of the vehicle door contrasts in its design and finish from its interior side (the interior part is typically equipped with a door card (in British English) or a door panel (in American English) that has decorative and functional features.