What type of doors is the Toyota Sera known for?

The Toyota Sera is known for its butterfly doors, which tilt upward and forward when opened.

The compact 2+2 coupe used doors hinged near the top of the windshield and the lower A-pillar. This arrangement gave the Sera its most recognizable feature and complemented its unusual glass-heavy canopy. Unlike gull-wing doors, which hinge along the roof and rise upward, the Sera’s doors pivot in a butterfly-style movement while remaining attached along the sides of the cabin.

The Sera began as the AXV-II concept, shown in 1988 in a near-production form. Toyota displayed the production version at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show and sold the EXY10 model in Japan from 1990 through 1995. It used a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout and a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine.

Toyota built 15,941 Seras, making the model unusual even in its home market. The design later attracted international attention because McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray cited the Sera’s door arrangement as an inspiration. Scissor doors are associated with Lamborghini-style upward pivots, while suicide doors hinge at the rear; neither term accurately describes the Sera’s signature doors.