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Yes, and even after the Pinto fiasco, people still buy Ford vehicles in large numbers today. Their F-150 trucks are actually pretty solid.
by Hydraulix989 10y ago
Yes, and even after the Pinto fiasco, people still buy Ford vehicles in large numbers today. Their F-150 trucks are actually pretty solid.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoCuriously, though Pinto is a synonym for unsafe car, it was almost exactly as safe as every other subcompact at the time. They were used as a test case for car safety. Ride in any tiny, cheap car and get hit by a truck and it isn't going to be pretty. Kind of unfair to Ford but that's history.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoExcept for the Pinto's rear fuel tank that sets the entire car on fire if you get rear ended by ANY vehicle going ~30 MPH.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoNo more often than any other small car of that era.