Vauxhall and Opel managed to make a car with rear-hinged back doors with the Meriva, a small family car that was around for about seven years from 2010. The Meriva still has a B-pillar that both front ...

Sometimes the wheel – or the door – just doesn’t need reinventing. Car makers have played around with rear-hinged doors for years but, for plenty of reasons, they’ve never really caught on.