Two door cars like the Gran Torino had huge 4 ft wide doors. Very convenient for older people with walkers or wheelchairs. I took my grandmother to all her doctor appointments 25 years ago in my Gran Torino.
Door open. Large opening
https://goo.gl/images/Ur4zAS
I’d like to get a similar 2 door with big, wide doors. In case I need to start taking Mom to appointments.
Any modern 2 door cars have doors this wide?
The late 1970’s Ford Granada had a similar large door.
The trim makes it easy to see how wide the door is.
https://goo.gl/images/dT78ru
The parents of a friend of mine are in their early 80s. Both of them are somewhat limited physically, and they had, for years, preferred coupes (two doors), as they found that the longer door openings made entry and exit from the car easier, as you note.
When they went to buy a new car a couple of years ago, they discovered that there are relatively few coupes made today, and nearly all of them are either (a) subcompacts, or (b) sports cars. The subcompacts sort of defeated the idea of a big, wide door opening.
And this is why my friend’s octogenarian parents wound up with a 2015 Ford Mustang. 
Edit: I actually own a Mustang myself (a 2012), and what I do note is that, as a sports car, it’s low to the ground, and challenging for my own octogenarian father to get into and out of. Before I had the Mustang, I owned a Chrysler PT Cruiser; while it’s a four-door, as its passenger cabin rides up a little higher, and as the seating positions are fairly “upright,” it was a very easy car for my wife’s grandfather to get into and out of (and he remarked on this, as a reason why he liked riding in it). However, I don’t know that I can recommend the PT Cruiser, as I found it had a lot of issues with quality and reliability.
And I would also like a bench seat, thank you very much.
(BUt if I still had a car with a bench seat and those big wide doors, I don’t think I could open the doors inside my garage. I am wondering, for the last 20-some years I have lived in houses built in the '50s, when cars were all big, and yet, the garages, one attached, one detached, are…not. WTF?)
Coupe that’s the word I couldn’t remember.
VW Passat might work
https://goo.gl/images/XVpV1q
They may be able to put a lift kit in a Mustang coupe and get it at a better height.
That Passat doesn’t actually exist, it’s a fan rendering. Two door cars (apart from sporty cars like the Mustang or Subaru BRZ) fell out of favor a looooong time ago.
The doors on this two-door coupe look pretty wide to me. Or get a minivan with those automatic sliding side doors.
I have mobility issues, and drive a low-mileage 2002 PT Cruiser, the only year without the “quality and reliability” issues. And with the back seat down, there’s plenty of room to store a walker without jeopardizing front-seat room. It’s the best car I ever owned, and I don’t plan on getting rid of it, ever.
most of the modern 2 door cars have (almost as) big doors, but theyre hinged differently and so they dont swing open as wide. it was decided (by them who make such decisions) that this makes it easier to open and close the door from the inside. but i does make access from the outside somewhat more problematic when youve got a walker o wheelchair. i’m not sure what you can do other than a minivan or older model.
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Pretty sure they can put a lift kit into a mustang. Runs off compressed air. The show Overhaulin installed several into cars they fixed up.
Minivan is a great option too.
I transfer my very aged MIL between her wheelchair and the front seat of my midsize sedan = 4-door about weekly.
The chair folds flat and goes readily into the trunk. The front doors open plenty wide enough that she’s got plenty of room to maneuver. Admittedly she’s 5’0 and 140ish lbs, not 300. The seat runs back far enough she has plenty of room for her not very flexible legs and the door and seat and such are all close enough together she can reach them to hold on to.
And best of all, unlike a '70s 2-door, you don’t need to park next to an empty space to have room to swing the door fully open. I used to drive a '69 Cutlass 2-door. There were many times that in ordinary parking spaces I couldn’t swing that 5-foot door open more than about 20 degrees before it bumped against the car next to mine. So despite being skinny as a rail I had a hell of a time slithering out the 10" wide opening.
I suggest the OP may be desperately seeking a solution to a problem he doesn’t actually have. Give it a try.
What’s more important than a long door is a door that opens as close to a 90-degree angle as possible.
Google “cars for seniors” and you’ll see stories like this.
I can tell you from practical experience that, if getting a grandmother in and out of the vehicle is your main concern, your best bet is a minivan. Before my mother passed away, this was by far the easiest vehicle to get her in and out of. The seats are a bit higher than they are for a car, which means she didn’t have to drop down as low. Getting her in was as simple as backing her up to the seat then helping her get her legs into the minivan. Getting out was also easy, since she just had to slide her legs out and then reach out and grab the walker. Minivans also have plenty of room for walkers and wheelchairs.
You may not want a minivan, but I have a bunch of different types of vehicles and the minivan was by far the easiest for this.
The Checker Medicar could not be beat.
http://i.wheelsage.org/pictures/c/checker/medicar/checker_medicar_2.jpg
My FIL is mobility restricted and really tall to boot. He drives a Lincoln MKX which he can get into and out of easily, and it stores his walker easily and accessibly.
He really shouldn’t drive at all, but that’s another story.
I recall hearing that the VW Beetle has very large doors and are very easy to get in and out of.
scr4 beat me to the punch - the VW Beetle has a large door opening.
I remember a Car Talk show some years back that featured a phone visit from author Daniel Pinkwater, who is a very large-bottomed person, and his raptures about how easy it was to get in and out of one of these cars. Plus there are lots of used ones around.
Ford B-Max is a regular passenger car (rather then an ethusiasts muscle car) with the wide door.
I think they call it Max for that reason, eg to sell to those with the need … the large (tall or something) and the wheelchair bound.
Suzuki tends to leave the front doors at the regular size and the windscreen vertical so that you have the door opening in line, square and large, instead of elongated and offset.
Suzuki vitara may have the larger door than a subcompact. With the smaller suzuki you get the suitable door openings shape with great fuel efficiency.
Just about any vehicle with the windscreen more vertical than the modern fastion is going to have more suitable front door/seat arrangements.
Some landrovers may have the B (seat belt) column missing, anything like a landrover or landcruiser may be too high off the ground though ?
How about a Flex? It’s a four door, but they’re big doors.