01-15-2018, 11:48 AM
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Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Brighton, CO
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Originally Posted by rayhawk
Do you have any evidence that the Pinto had a higher fatality rate than other cars of the time? Much less hundreds of thousands of people as you say.  |
More like 27 to 180... 
Reports range from 27 to 180 deaths as a result of rear-impact-related fuel tank fires in the Pinto, but given the volume of more than 2.2 million vehicles sold, the death rate was not substantially different from that of vehicles by Ford's competitors. The far more damaging result for Ford was the PR disaster.
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