Why did wing mirrors become door mirrors?

[anonymous-user]

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[mike9009]

Probably health and safety. Not sure though......

Mike

[Zaxxon]

Is it because you could easily adjust it in the days before electric/remote mirrors?

[Jacobyte]

Door mirrors are closer to the driver than wing mirrors, so they can be physically smaller whilst providing the same viewable area.

(Now, one more time, this is small, that is far away)

[PeetBee]

Having driven with both I'd say door mirrors provide a better view as they are easily adjustable and they are closer and more stable (the ones on some cars would vibrate more as they were on long stalks)
I'm sure that there is some H&S rubbish, but bet that door mirrors are more aerodynamic than if they were still mounted on the wings.
And finally the shape of some cars would have made mounting mirrors on the wings very difficult and would have ruined the looks.

[motco]

The beauty of wing mirrors was that you could use them almost with peripheral vision, or at least with very little head rotation (especially the nearside one).

[rallycross]

One word; Adjustable!

When new fangled adjustable mirrors came along it was easier to have them on the door with a manual adjuster sticking through the door.