The 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 designin

The 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.