Motor vehicle door

Motor vehicle door arrangement for closing a door opening in an outside wall of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one door panel which in a closed position assumes an essentially flush position with the outside wall and a pivoting drive having a pivoting lever for swinging the door panel into an open position in which the door opening is at least partially exposed, the door panel assuming a position roughly parallel to said outside wall;

• wherein said pivoting drive comprises a linkage mechanism having means for causing a forward edge of the door panel, which is forward in a closing direction, to execute a movement by which said forward edge fits from the inside behind an associated part at an edge of the outside wall in the closed position;
• wherein said pivoting lever is driven via a rotary shaft which also at least indirectly drives said linkage mechanism;
• and wherein the linkage mechanism has an auxiliary pivoting lever coupled near a front edge of the door panel, a connecting rod which is connected to the auxiliary pivoting lever and which is pivotable around an axis of rotation that is fixed relative to the vehicle, and a coupler joining the connecting rod to a joint on the pivoting lever.

A motor vehicle door arrangement for closing a door opening in an outside wall of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one door panel which in a closed position assumes an essentially flush position with the outside wall and a pivoting drive having a pivoting lever for swinging the door panel into an open position in which the door opening is at least partially exposed, the door panel assuming a position roughly parallel to said outside wall;

• wherein said pivoting drive comprises a linkage mechanism having means for causing a forward edge of the door panel, which is forward in a closing direction, to execute a movement by which said forward edge fits from the inside behind an associated part at an edge of the outside wall in the closed position, wherein said pivoting lever is connected between an axis of rotation which is fixed relative to the vehicle and an axis of rotation that is fixed at the door panel, and wherein said linkage mechanism is connected to move about the fixed axis of rotation of the pivot lever with rotation of the pivoting lever.