Mini implements scissor doors equipment in order to facilitate parking in tight spaces. Some car manufacturers offer this type of door mechanism as a pure cosmetic element, to show-off its exotic ...

To the untrained eye, it might be quite easy to mistake one type for the other, but there's more of a difference between scissor and butterfly doors than you might think.

Where butterfly doors have a fluid, outwards-and-upwards motion reminiscent of the wings of the insect they're named for, scissor doors are not designed to be so graceful.

General Motors is researching the use of scissor-style doors that are commonly found on exotic sports cars such as those offered by Lamborghini, GM Authority has learned. The exploration comes as ...

A modified Toyota 86 car is pictured on July 2, 2013 in Beijing, with scissor doors open. [Photo / gtuu.com] ...