Am i the only one that thinks all of these cars with hidden rear door handles don t look right.
Cars with hidden rear door handles.
They first appeared on the alfa romeo 156 and soon other car manufacturers began adopting them.
For those of you who aren t yet aware ford has recently come out with a new small crossover called the ecosport which slots below the escape in the brand s lineup and competes with other tiny crossovers like the mazda cx 3 chevy trax and honda hr v.
The main types of non standard door designs are.
I think this trend started with the 1997 alfa romeo 156 but it is now quite a common feature to have hidden rear door handles.
The nissan juke has secret rear door openers too but that s the least of its design issues.
List of non standard door designs.
It has a little hidden door handle in the tailgate.
There are blacked out plasticky ones on the holden spark which also had them on the previous.
The ecosport has a cool touch in back.
This keeps the side profile clean.
Hidden door handles are a cheap and effective way to make four or five door cars look like coupés.
Why these handles are awesome.