Why do only mini vans have sliding doors?

[Ronstang]

The truth is sliding doors don't exist on a lot of cars simply because small-penised people associated them with minivans and get hot and bothered. Most SUVs now like the Explorer, Honda Pilot are really just AWD minivans except lacking rear-sliding doors. A Sienna AWD with sliding doors is a girly minivan but a FWD Highlander is a manly SUV.

Maybe you should be looking in your own shorts rather than making judgments of others'. Sliding doors don't exist on passenger cars because of packaging. There is no room for them. Their sloping roof lines and curved bodies do not provide anywhere for the slider to work, period. Not to mention a 4 door car, that simply wouldn't work at all.

 

[Doppel]

Maybe you should be looking in your own shorts rather than making judgments of others'. Sliding doors don't exist on passenger cars because of packaging. There is no room for them. Their sloping roof lines and curved bodies do not provide anywhere for the slider to work, period. Not to mention a 4 door car, that simply wouldn't work at all.

Sorry, I meant vehicles like car-based SUVs. I have never wondered why they don't exist on sedans. They are not on family haulers like the traverse, pilot etc. purely for form, not function, as their function is excellent and more or less the main differentiator between a minivan and many "SUVs" that are bought these days.

 

[mzr]

Not sure if you'd call it a car or minivan, but the Mazda5 and Ford C-Max have sliding doors on both sides.

 

[foghorn67]

Not sure if someone mentioned this, but I remember the concept Dodge Neon in the early nineties having sliding doors.