Ford Pinto
The Ford Pinto debuted as a compact caur bi the Ford Motor Company on September 11, 1970, derivin its name frae the Pinto horse an competin in the nascent Unitit States sma caur mercat frae 1971-1980.
| Ford Pinto | |
|---|---|
 Ford Pinto | |
| Owerview | |
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Production | 1971–1980 (in Americae) |
| Assembly | St. Thomas, Ontario Edison, New Jersey Richmond, Californie |
| Bouk an chassis | |
| Cless | Subcompact caur |
| Body style | 2-door coupe 2-door sedan delivery 2-door station wagon 3-door hatchback |
| Layoot | FR layoot |
| Relatit | Mercury Bobcat, Mustang II |
| Powertrain | |
| Ingine | 1.6L, 2.0L & 2.3L I4, 2.8L V6 |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual; "Selectshift Cruise-O-Matic"[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 94.0 in (2,390 mm)[2] |
| Lenth | 163 in (4,100 mm)[1] |
| Weenth | 69.4 in (1,760 mm) |
| Hicht | 50 in (1,300 mm) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Ford Escort |
Initially offered as a twa-door coupe,[3] Ford ultimately offered the Pinto in coupe, wagon, an hatchback models tae compete wi the AMC Gremlin an Chevrolet Vega, alang wi importit models frae Volkswagen, Datsun, Toyota an ither manufacturers. Bi Januar 1971, the Pinto haed sauld ower 100,000 units.[4] In its last model year, Ford biggit 68,179 units.[5]
A rebadged variant, the Bobcat, debuted in 1974 in Canadae an in Mairch 1975 in the US.[6] The Pinto an the smawer Ford Fiesta wur ultimately replaced bi the front-wheel-drive Ford Escort.
The Pinto's legacy wis affected bi controversy surroondin the safety o its gas tank design, Ford's 1978 recall o the caur, an a later study concludin the Pinto wis as safe or safer than ither caurs in its class.[7]
Notes
eedit- ↑ a b "Directory Index: Ford/1971_Ford/1971 Ford Pinto Brochure". Oldcarbrochures.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ "Carfolio 1970 Pinto".
- ↑ "Autos: Debut for Subcompacts". Time Magazine, September 21, 1970. 21 September 1970. Archived frae the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ↑ "How Stuff Works Pinto".
- ↑ ""building just 68,179 Pintos that year"".
- ↑ Mays, James C. Ford and Canada: 100 Years Together (Montréal: Syam Publishing, 2003), p.116.
- ↑ http://www.pointoflaw.com/articles/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf PDF (3.94 MB)
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