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One Bad Bump ...
The Ford Pinto was a famously bad automobile, but worse still might be Ford's handling of the safety concerns surrounding the '70s-era subcompact. Before the car ever reached the market, concerns emerged that a rear-end collision might cause the Pinto to blow up — the positioning of the fuel tank sparked fears it could be punctured in a crash and cause a fire or an explosion. But instead of fixing the Pinto's design, Ford, in a bit of morbid calculus, determined it would be cheaper to settle any lawsuits resulting from the Pinto's flaws. After several lawsuits and criminal charges (Ford was eventually found not guilty), the automaker recalled 1.5 million Pintos in 1978, retrofitting the fuel-tank assembly with additional protections to prevent the Pinto from going up in flames. Too bad the same couldn't be done for the car's reputation. In 1981 the Pinto was retired for good.
油箱的悲剧
福特Pinto车是一款臭名昭著的车型，但比这更惹非议的是福特公司对人们对70年代小型汽车的安全的担忧的处理方式上。在这款汽车上市之前就有对追尾可能导致Pinto起火的质疑——油箱布置在汽车尾部的做法可能会在追尾时刺穿油箱导致起火甚至爆炸。但是，福特并没有更改Pinto的设计，而是侥幸的认为，跟个别受害者打官司要比召回Pinto更省钱。在几次遭到起诉和刑事指控后（福特最终并没有被判有罪），福特在1978年召回了150万辆Pinto，并对油箱添加了额外的结构以保证Pinto不会起火。很遗憾，这无法弥补Pinto的声誉。在1981年Pinto永远的退出了市场。
