You remember wrong-headed government interference and anti-business media attention. The Corvair was proven in court to be as safe as any other car on the road, and was a great car. The Pinto didn’t “explode” any worse than other small economy cars of the early 70’s. What problem there was, was due to much larger bolts piercing the gas tank, which ironically were required for the much larger federal impact “safety” bumpers mandated in 1973.
My mom had a Corvair. My brother had a Pinto.
Today’s vehicles are safer.
” The Pinto didn’t “explode” any worse than other small economy cars of the early 70’s.”
After NTSB tested the Pinto against competing foreign cars of the day, the Pinto was actually safer. That did not stop the alt-left radical media from savaging Ford.
I saw this buried in the middle of the newspaper in the late ‘70’s or early ‘80’s. You could cover the whole story with a folded dollar.