whatever. Pintos sucked. >Famous for exposing the dangers of the Ford Pinto? > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto > >More recently, it has been argued (in a well-known 1991 law review >paper by Gary Schwartz [2], among others) that the case against the >Pinto was less clear-cut than commonly supposed. Only 27 people ever >died in Pinto fires. Given the Pinto's production figures (over 2 >million built), this was no worse than typical for the time, and far >less than the "hundreds" claimed by the consumer safety advocates >whose allegations are largely responsible for the reputation of the >vehicle. Schwartz argues that the car was no more fire-prone than >other cars of the time, and that the supposed "smoking gun" document >showing Ford's callousness actually referred to the auto industry in >general rather than the Pinto specifically. > >On 6/14/06, Dana Tierney wrote: >> >
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