Four-door cars for sale

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What is a four-door car?

A four-door car is a model with two side doors on either side of the vehicle to access the passenger area, but where the boot has a separate lid, where the rear window remains in place. If the rear window also lifted when the boot was accessed, this would be termed a tailgate and considered to be a fifth door. Historically, most four-door cars have been saloons, but these days there is a growing range of sleeker, sportier four-door coupes with lower rooflines, such as BMW's 2 Series Gran Coupe and Mercedes' CLA.

What is the difference between a four-door and a five-door car?

Literally just the boot opening as described above, but having that extra door means that five-door cars are available in a broad range of body styles including hatchbacks, coupes, load-swallowing estates, rugged SUVs and cavernous MPVs, so there are many more options to choose from than four-door saloons and coupes.

That enlarged boot opening is usually just part of the reason five-door cars are more practical than four-door models, too. The area is usually taller, often to roof height, allowing tall items to be carried without being laid down, in addition to a greater volume of cargo space. Nevertheless, many four-door cars still retain a degree of flexibility thanks to folding rear seats, so you aren’t usually limited to what can fit in the separate boot area.

Why should I buy a four-door car over a five-door?

Personal choice and circumstances are usually the key drivers here. If you rarely, if ever, carry very large and bulky cargo in your boot, a four-door body style potentially opens up a broader range of overall choice. Additionally, having the boot area separate, even on models where the rear seats fold over, often makes the passenger space a little quieter than with equivalent five-door models.

This is one aspect that reinforces traditional views that four-door cars are more refined and upmarket than one where practicality has to be significantly factored in. It's also worth remembering that even though four-door cars have proved largely unpopular over the past couple of decades, one of the best-selling cars in the UK, the Tesla Model 3, falls into this category.