Ford Pinto
CountryUSA
Year1971
ManufacturerFord
About the Ford Pinto
Infamous for its fuel tank placement that could cause fires in rear-end collisions. Over 3 million sold despite the controversy. The Pinto memo calculating the cost of deaths versus recalls became a business ethics case study.
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