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Airplanes have had fully manual flush door/hatch handles for decades, and a handful of cars have imitated them. The electric retracting handles are pure gimmick
by Zak 5mo ago
Airplanes have had fully manual flush door/hatch handles for decades, and a handful of cars have imitated them. The electric retracting handles are pure gimmick.
- ErroneousBosh 5mo ago1990 Citroën AX Sport - https://assets.dyler.com/uploads/cars/406167/9080414/medium_citroen-ax-sport-estate-car-1990-white-for-sale.jpg https://assets.dyler.com/uploads/cars/406167/9080414/medium_... Look at that door handle. Fully flush, NACA profile scoop in the bodywork to insert your finger behind the trailing edge of the door and flick the little lever up to unlatch it. Give me that, please. I wish I'd never sold my 1991 Citroën AX GT, it was so quick and quiet. Hardly any wind noise, so it must have been very aerodynamic.
- Zak 5mo ago1969 Pontiac Grand Prix - maybe not actually aerodynamic, but it does have flush door handles: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/1969_Pontiac_Grand_Prix_SJ_in_Liberty_Blue_Metallic%2C_rear_right.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/1969_Pon...
- ErroneousBosh 5mo agoSuper clean. We need more cars that look like that, and I bet we can make them reasonably safe too.