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The comparison to this specific vehicle has to do with the Ford Pinto similarly garnering a less than favorable reputation in its heyday. In 1978, Ford recalled 1.5 million Pintos after more than ...

In March 1980, a jury acquitted Ford in a criminal prosecution involving both the recall and the deaths of three women ...

Then, on June 9, 1978, The Associated Press reported details of a recall of "more than 1.5 million Ford Pinto and Mercury Bobcat passenger cars with potentially defective fuel systems." ...

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The Ford Pinto received decent nods from the likes of Consumer Reports and Car and Driver, but it didn't receive universal critical acclaim, which was perhaps expected considering the market that ...

The driver of a 1978 Ford Pinto — 26-year-old Bryan K. Wells Jr. of Loveland — was killed in the crash. The crash closed U.S. 34 in the area until about 6:30 p.m.

In mid-1978, Ford finally agreed to recall all 1971–1976 Pinto and 1975-’76 Mercury Bobcat sedans and hatchbacks (wagons did not have the same vulnerability), approximately 1.5 million cars in ...