Quote Originally Posted by JAFO
The Lotus Elise has high and wide sills but still uses standard outward swinging doors.
Right. And if you had ever gotten in or out of one with the top on, you would understand the purpose of vertical doors. The Lotus Elise has a serious design flaw in poor ingress/egress. Of course, it was originally designed as an open-top roadster. With the hard top in place, though, getting in and out is seriously debilitating. So much so that there's an aftermarket company that started making gullwing hardtops to make it easier to get in and out.