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5. Mine was the hatchback with the gas filler neck behind the rear licence plate.

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 03:34 PM

Jul 8

Other than the obvious (being rear ended) and boom, it was a a very good economy car.

Terrible engineering concept out of the gate

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Report: Tesla Cybertruck has higher rate of fire fatalities than the Ford Pinto [View all] edhopper Jul 8 OP

No wonder Musk wants to do away with safety reporting. Norrrm Jul 8 #1

I owned a 'boom boom' pinto back in the day. Prairie_Seagull Jul 8 #2

So Did I! ProfessorGAC Jul 8 #3

Yeah; See My Version Had Tge Gas Fill On The Fender ProfessorGAC Jul 8 #6

Nearly every car during the 60's had it there behind the plate MichMan Jul 8 #9

Unsafe at any Greed BOSSHOG Jul 8 #4

"The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case" MichMan Jul 8 #7

If you paid attention, I'm actually defending the Pinto MichMan Jul 8 #12

Not about edhopper Jul 8 #11