The Ford Pinto hit the streets in the early 1970s, with the manufacturer looking to tempt American drivers by offering a budget-friendly, fuel-efficient subcompact at the dawn of the fuel crisis.

The Ford president insisted that the model be introduced quickly. While most new car plans at the time ... Designers would work overtime to bring the Pinto from concept to reality.

1972 Ford Pinto A new era of under- and torque-steering econoboxes would plow into the domestic market moving into the ’80s. Once the Pinto was escorted, so to speak, out of the Ford lineup in ...

New Pintos were modified with a strengthened fuel filler neck and plastic shielding to protect the fuel tank from damage. In mid-1978, Ford finally agreed to recall all 1971–1976 Pinto and 1975 ...

There was even a Pony option. Yes, I dare to be in the corner of the Ford Pinto. The Pinto was Ford’s way of addressing the blossoming subcompact market in the wake of such models as the Ford ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Pinto Squire has ... on a little bit of Ford history. When the company introduced the Mustang in April of 1964, it didn't just create a new category of car—that ...

The fundamental problem with the Pinto, according to Robert Lacey, author of Ford: The Men and the Machine, was that Iacocca only once before had worked on a new car that was really new.