Evolution of car door handles over the decades

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology.

In the formative years of automotive design, vehicle door handles were nearly identical to those being used in people’s homes and workplaces. A simple bar or pin was attached to a rotating handle to latch or release the door. These grew into the twist handles most often associated with vehicles made into the 1950s.

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