A new type of car door? – the dragonfly wing
By Mike Hanlon
20:23 March 4, 2008 PST

A new type of car door? – the dragonfly wing
Image Gallery (12 images)The four-zone climate control system allows each passenger to select the temperature they prefer using controls housed either side of the dashboard in the case of the front passengers or on the front seatbacks for rear occupants.
Special care has also gone into ensuring that the cabin is brightly lit. The red backlighting of the instruments contrasts with the surrounding black backgrounds. Meanwhile, the panoramic windscreen extends over the roof to bathe the cabin with light during the day and blue-hued cabin lighting at night.
Finally, if you’re interested in the vast array of door designs we’ve witnessed over history, check out this list of door designs at Wikipedia – note the links to the individual cars sporting those designs – hours of fun for engineers, designers and those with a fascination for doing it differently and/or better.
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Freedom Glen
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