Pintos were no worse than some other small cars out there, but the way Ford handled the gas tank issue is what really sunk that model. To be fair, it did have about a 10 year run, which is pretty respectable.
Yes, but one of my good friends had one in high school and we nicknamed it the “Cherry Bomb”. Though his never went BOOM.
Loved my baby blue pinto
Back in the bad old seventies one was included with every Lincoln sold