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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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rx8 not the first mazda with freestlye doors

I was in Toronto CA, and i passed by a MAzda B400 Pickup and noticed it had the freestyle doors. just wanted to share..
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:06 AM
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.....this may shock you, but Mazda ain't the first manufacturer to use freestyle doors. :D
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 06:42 AM
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yep. lincoln decided to do this type of door 40 YEARS ago in their Continental.

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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 09:21 AM
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i know mazda isnt the first with the freestyle doors, but i just found it interesting to find that previously mazda has implemented them before in their pickups.

on a related side note, does anyone watch Entourage, and know what is that car in the intro, its a convertable..
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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the car in Entourage is a Lincoln like Mugatu posted.
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugatu
yep. lincoln decided to do this type of door 40 YEARS ago in their Continental.

Those technically aren't freestyle doors because of the center pillar right?
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 11:30 PM
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Those technically aren't freestyle doors because of the center pillar right?
you are correct...they are just suicide doors

mazda RX-8 is the first car with dual pillarlesss suicide doors (pillar is integrated into door of course)

please correct me if I'm wrong
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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that is true...was that how it was on the Mazda B400 Pickup, Shocka?
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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The ford ranger utilizes freestyle doors with no center pillar, the Mazda pickups are basically Ford Rangers so I assume the extended cab extra door Mazda pickups are the same way.
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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most extended cab trucks with 'freestyle' rear hinged rear doorlets have no center pillar, IIRC...

yes our car has *gasp* pickup truck doors
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Let us not forget the ugly little saturn with the 3rd (but not 4th) door
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Gambit
Let us not forget the ugly little saturn with the 3rd (but not 4th) door
Yup, cool idea but why only one side? pretty sure Saturn is going to go the way of Oldsmobile, lots of older cars on the road but you just don't see a lot of newer ones out there, kinda' makes you wonder how they stay alive?
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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Umm Saturn is GM's economy car division, it isn't having any sales problems.
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