Is the oil pan really made from plastic? Not only is the oil pan on the Ford Bronco made from plastic, but some of Ford’s other cars also feature plastic oil pans, and owners aren’t thrilled ...

From the archive: We compare the AMC Gremlin, Chevrolet Vega, Ford Pinto ... counterbalanced rear door hinges upward, and the rear seat folds flat, opening up enough floor space so that a six ...

A recent report claims that the Tesla Cybertruck is more explosive than the Ford ... Pinto, fires were specifically linked to a documented design flaw (a poorly placed fuel tank that ruptured in ...

For those who can’t remember back that far, the Ford Pinto had a troubled safety record. Its rear-mounted fuel tank design made it prone to fires in collisions, resulting in numerous fatalities.

One such disaster, and certainly one of the big ones, would be the release of the Ford Pinto, the subcompact that Ford probably wishes they could erase from the history books. Here's how this ...

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A meme created by the politically progressive Facebook page The Other 98% compared the number of fire-related fatalities attributed to the 1970s Ford Pinto with ... about rear-end crashes ...

Ford and Lincoln have expanded available sectioning procedures to include a rear rail (rear side member ... welds throughout where it goes to the floor pan… the 75 mm backer can be squeeze ...

The Ford Pinto hit the ... tragically turned on the Pinto in 1972, when it became clear that some suspect design flaws left the fuel tank susceptible to rupture in rear-end collisions, potentially ...

However, right in front of the truck is a Ford Pinto. The truck lightly taps the rear of the car, hitting it at a speed that wouldn't even cause a scratch. However, instead, the Ford Pinto ...

The filing, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 21, and submitted by Ford in 2021, is for a deployable step for the rear bumper of a pickup truck ...