Why Don T Suv Have Sliding Doors

They don t make suvs with sliding doors because people shouldn t be so stupid.

Why don t suv have sliding doors.

So why are sliding doors a van staple but not on suvs or other kinds of vehicles. For this reason you don t see suvs with sliding doors. I understand why minivans don t have three rows of doors. Minivans also have 3 rows of seats and are in many ways more practical than an suv.

A wider opening for sliding doors would probably mean a lot of doors breaking off from people hitting them in parking lots. Feb 9th 2017 2 26 pm 26. Small cars with sliding doors. Most people will never buy a modest van instead of a hot new suv although they don t differ much.

I saw a post on facebook about a toyota concept that combined a 3 row suv with sliding doors and i wondered why that was a feature that hasn t already been done because sliding doors seem to be better for 3 row cars than traditional swinging doors. Sliding doors do have several benefits over conventional doors jalopnik and the new york times explain. Pros and cons of sliding doors. The 2015 ram promaster city wagon is a compact five passenger utility van that s all new for this model year.

Renault kangoo a small sliding door car. When what you need is a minivan and sliding doors for that matter but you re worried about masculinity of the vehicle you re doing it wrong. While personally i don t have any problem with sliding doors i think companies don t sell them in india mainly because they know that we have that tendency to link sliding doors to taxi people carrier ambulance type vehicles and not an ideal posh family car. People often need the practicality of a minivan but buy an suv because they are emotional more than practical.

Knowing this is the case for millions of people why aren t there are any suvs with sliding doors that straddle the best of both worlds. Not a shopping question just a curiosity question. Last edited by kenchau on feb 9th 2017 10 18 am edited 1 time in total. So simply they don t want to invest in something that might be hard to sell.

The front wheel drive 2015 ram promaster city wagon is powered by a single engine a 2 4 liter four cylinder that produces 178 horsepower and 174 lb ft of torque. It s designed to help the utility focused ram brand earn a place amongst the competition in the compact van segment.