The Ford Pinto was a sports car with a front-engine, subcompact car produced by Ford Motor Company the Models were from 1971-1980. The 1971 and 1972 were the first two-door subcompact vehicles manufactured in North America by Ford and from 1972-1980 came out with the three-door station wagon. Also was the first mass-produced US car with the rack and pinion steering which makes driving a little easier. It provides a quicker and better feedback than a standard system.
Below are some pictures of the Ford Pintos
However, there was controversial news that came out about the Ford Pinto in 1972 it was the explosions that would sometimes occur during a low-speed rear-end collision. Also, accident investigations discovered that victims of the rear-end …show more content…
Robert Sherefkin wrote this article in Automotive News, fiery over the gas tank of the Ford Pinto: http://www.autonews.com/article/20030616/SUB/306160770/lee-iacoccas-pinto:-a-fiery-failure
Consequently, “in 1979 Indiana authorities charged the automaker with reckless homicide.” However, the jury, after 25 hours of considering the case, found Ford not guilty of reckless homicide. But Ford’s reputation was severely damaged because it seemed that the company placed monetary value over the protection of the people driving their vehicles.
After the Ford Pinto scandal, NHTSA announced its three-year investigation in the Ford transmission. It found that the cars built between 1966 and 1980 had a defect in the transmission where the vehicle could slip from park into reverse. And reports came out from the Detroit Free Press and Mother Jones that Ford had known about the defects since 1972 but had decided not to pay .03 per car to fix the issue. However, the company agreed to pay out $20 million to sufferers and their …show more content…
But, in 1965, consumer protection activist Ralph Nader book came out about the car as “unsafe at any speed.” The book pointed out the vehicle had an “unstable axle suspension design.”
That led to a huge drop in sales “from 220,000” to barely “15000 cars sold in 1968.”
Thus, because of his book prompted the signing of the “National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.” http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/7-biggest-automotive-scandals-time-article-1.2371949 What I would have done differently would have been to put ethics and safety first. If I were in charge, I would have taken the ethical high road to fix the problem immediately once it became known. In the distant future, this action would have saved the big automakers tons of money and help to maintain a positive view in the public
Below are some pictures of the Ford Pintos
However, there was controversial news that came out about the Ford Pinto in 1972 it was the explosions that would sometimes occur during a low-speed rear-end collision. Also, accident investigations discovered that victims of the rear-end …show more content…
Robert Sherefkin wrote this article in Automotive News, fiery over the gas tank of the Ford Pinto: http://www.autonews.com/article/20030616/SUB/306160770/lee-iacoccas-pinto:-a-fiery-failure
Consequently, “in 1979 Indiana authorities charged the automaker with reckless homicide.” However, the jury, after 25 hours of considering the case, found Ford not guilty of reckless homicide. But Ford’s reputation was severely damaged because it seemed that the company placed monetary value over the protection of the people driving their vehicles.
After the Ford Pinto scandal, NHTSA announced its three-year investigation in the Ford transmission. It found that the cars built between 1966 and 1980 had a defect in the transmission where the vehicle could slip from park into reverse. And reports came out from the Detroit Free Press and Mother Jones that Ford had known about the defects since 1972 but had decided not to pay .03 per car to fix the issue. However, the company agreed to pay out $20 million to sufferers and their …show more content…
But, in 1965, consumer protection activist Ralph Nader book came out about the car as “unsafe at any speed.” The book pointed out the vehicle had an “unstable axle suspension design.”
That led to a huge drop in sales “from 220,000” to barely “15000 cars sold in 1968.”
Thus, because of his book prompted the signing of the “National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.” http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/7-biggest-automotive-scandals-time-article-1.2371949 What I would have done differently would have been to put ethics and safety first. If I were in charge, I would have taken the ethical high road to fix the problem immediately once it became known. In the distant future, this action would have saved the big automakers tons of money and help to maintain a positive view in the public