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In Reply to: It does .. (m) posted by Karl G on May 27, 2001 at 21:30:20:
I guess you really are just 16! The Lincoln that JFK was riding in when he was shot in Dallas comes to mind. And, yes, the rear doors, about equal in length to the front doors unlike the Saturn, did open with the hinge on the rear edge: "suicide doors", as they were known.
I don't know ALL the details, but there simply is no feasible way to put in two posts (B pillars) for a second set of doors that would swing towards the front. Think about it for a little bit, grab a pic of a 3 series sedan and meditate on what it would look like without a roof. You'd have to find some way to hide the B pillars (or put in some sort of rollbar). Plus, the more door members you have the less rigid the sides of your car can be. The E46 chassis was designed with high rigidity in mind, so, that would go against philosophy too. As far as I know, there HAVE indeed been made some 4 door convertibles (I don't remember who made them), but they all had a door setup similar to the Saturn 3-door concept, where each side had a large forward-swinging door and a smaller, rear-swinging sub-door. Hope this clarifies things.
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