Originally Posted By: itguy08
Originally Posted By: bulwnkl
Ford putting gas tanks in a susceptible position led to lots of people burning to death in Pintos, and Ford made a cold calculation that settling with the families was less expensive than fixing the problem. So, in other words, **** your wife and kids, we want to make $20 more per car, and the government hasn't outlawed it, so we're going to and you can't stop us. That's the definition of criminal, where I come from.
And yet, don't let the facts get in the way....
1. The Pinto met all applicable federally mandated crash and other safety designs.
2. The Pinto was no more likely to kill you or burst into flames than any other car of its era (
http://www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf) and most of the reporting is sensationalism at its best.
3. The types of decisions Ford did are done every day at all companies. It's a cold hard fact that it's all about the #s.
4. Nothing is 100% safe. Nothing.
The same 4 things can be said about the GM side saddle gas tanks too.
Is that like ABC (I believe) who put dynamite under a Chevy truck to show it blowing up? Then claimed that was the gas tank.