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All it takes is some bad press. People still joke about the Ford Pinto.
by aristus 13y ago
All it takes is some bad press. People still joke about the Ford Pinto.
- jlgreco 13y agoYup, just some bad press and dozens to hundreds of people dying in fires after surviving the initial crash. (I've seen estimates as high as 900 people killed in Pintos that way. That might not be accurate or fair, but that is part of the public perception that fuels the Pinto jokes decades later.)
- rodgerd 13y agoDon't forget the "conciously choosingto let people burn to death rather than fix the fault because lawsuits are cheaper" bit of the story.