Personally, I think the idea of keeping the traditional shape door on the modern GT was a mistake. I say this because that car, being even bigger than the original GT40, is virtually impossible to park and exit. You also cannot have a single bay garage. I have a buddy with one and he has a single bay garage, and he has to park way off to one side to get out. A passenger must wait outside to be able to get in. But even more so, the thing I like the least about the GT is the HUGE A-pillar that had to be used to keep the chassis rigid. By going to a regular door, they could have made the car lighter, stiffer, more useful, and not changed the overall shape at all.
On the smaller GT40, the doors are a hassle, but they are also just part of the price of admission unfortunately. I see no way to fix it without seriously compromising style. I simply cannot use a scissor door. Does it make sense? Yes. But can you do it? No, the style police will arrest you and take your car.
That being said, the scissor door on the Countach was made out of necessity - the very necessity we are discussing: the door would not be able to be opened in a parking space because the car was too wide. And so a styling icon was born. If you have never operated the door on a Murcielago, I recommend you find one and try it. The mechanism is fantastic to behold, the thing feels like the door on a bank vault. I can see why people WANT to copy it, but it just shouldn't be done.
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