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Surprising to me that they mentioned the Pinto, Pacer and Gremlin, but no mention of the Chevrolet Vega, their small/seemingly-economical/not-very-good attempt
by chris_st 4y ago
Surprising to me that they mentioned the Pinto, Pacer and Gremlin, but no mention of the Chevrolet Vega, their small/seemingly-economical/not-very-good attempt to compete with the Japanese.
And on a lighter note, a friend who had a Pinto station wagon (which didn't have the fuel tank problem). He picked me up, and as I got in, said, "And you thought Chariots of Fire was a movie about running!"
- cf100clunk 4y agoThe article also did not mention that Ford indeed had a breadth of corporate knowledge and technology in building cars of the Pinto's size. Rather than designing a new Pinto model, Ford HQ in the U.S.A. could have taken the most successful similar-sized model from any one of Ford's international divisions, converted it to U.S. highway standards, and retooled the North American assembly lines for it.