” 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.
I remember my mom was so worried about me in my Chevy pickup after that 60 minutes show with the exploding gas tank.
“But mom - they had to rig it with explosives to finally blow!”
I think after about the fortieth phone call (I was single, away from home) she finally dropped it. “Oh - but I’m just so worried about you driving around in that truck....”
I was happy with my little pinto.