Diminutive import cars were a growing market moving into the ’70s, and yet the smallest car in the North American Ford lineup was the Maverick. Enter the Pinto. Lee Iacocca’s design parameters for the ...

The Little Car with a Big Problem. Ah, the Ford Pinto. It’s probably the most infamous car in Ford’s history, and for a good ...

Automakers have no shortage of forgotten experiments, but some survive only through a handful of photographs and the ...

I have always identified with the underdog, and at times have taken on the role of the apologist. But this time let’s just say I’m playing the devil’s advocate. After all, no one in their right mind ...

In the late 1960s, a charismatic vice president at Ford Motor Co. decided to bring out a low-priced car that could be produced for little money while bringing in huge profits. The executive’s name was ...

The Ford Pinto was born a low-rent, stumpy thing in Dearborn 40 years ago and grew to become one of the most infamous cars in history. The thing is that it didn't actually suck. Really. Even after ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Star columnist Bill Nash stands next to his first car a Ford Pinto. I'm not sure it's the same for women, but I think every man remembers his first car. I certainly do, but, then ...

Ford Pinto wasn’t necessarily the monster that people purchased as an alternative to other muscle cars or ponies on the market, but it was a pretty cool grocery-getter nonetheless. This explains why ...

If I were to have unlimited funds, I'd probably put together a collection of Plymouth Road Runners. One of each model year from 1968 through 1975. They'd look spectacular parked next to each other, ...

The seller of today's Nice Price or No Dice Ford Pinto describes it as "not a concours car, but an extremely nice 50-year-old driver quality vehicle." Let's see what that might just translate to in ...