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The Disturbing History of Ford's Most DANGEROUS Car

What happens when corporate deadlines outrun safety? This documentary dives into the explosive story of the Ford Pinto, the small car that became one of the biggest safety scandals in automotive history. Rushed to market as American automakers scrambled to compete with imports, the Pinto hid a deadly design flaw: a fuel tank positioned in the car’s rear crush zone, turning routine rear-end crashes into potential firestorms. Inside Ford Motor Company, engineers raised red flags. Test footage showed tanks rupturing. Fixes existed — and they were cheap. But internal cost-benefit analyses weighed the price of safety upgrades against projected lawsuit payouts. Former crash-test supervisor Harley Copp later testified that management knew the risks and chose not to act. The scandal might have stayed buried if not for investigative reporting. A groundbreaking exposé in Mother Jones by journalist Mark Dowie pulled internal documents into the public eye, sparking national outrage, congressional scrutiny, and a landmark court case. The Grimshaw v. Ford verdict delivered massive punitive damages and sent a message that human lives couldn’t be reduced to line items. Regulators were forced to respond. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered a recall of over 1.5 million vehicles — at the time, the largest in U.S. history — and rewrote fuel system safety standards. The Pinto became a turning point that reshaped crash testing, consumer safety ratings, and corporate accountability. But the bigger question still lingers: when profits and protection collide, who really decides what a life is worth?