CARS
The Exploding Ford Pinto of 1973
Greed, malice and incompetence in car design
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5 min readOct 24, 2021
The 70s were well known for Disco Inferno and the many Ford Pinto fires that happened in the United States.
Ford released the Pinto in 1973. It was a compact car, designed to challenge the japan-import compact cars that were conquering the American market with their small…
