Today, the Ford Pinto is widely mocked as one of Ford’s biggest missteps and, by extension, a symbol of what went wrong in parts of the U.S. auto industry in the 1970s. What gets lost in that ...

Cars may not be sentient (unless we're talking about Christine), but there are a few vehicles known for their bloodlust. There's the Yugo GV, better known as the tin can on wheels, the whirly-gig ...

Ford brought back the Maverick nameplate, and it's never let the Mustang lapse, but you know we're never going to see a reborn Pinto. Infamously overshadowed by its reputation for ruptured gas tanks ...

If you stepped into a Ford dealership in 1973 to get a more economical driving companion, the Pinto was the first model the salespeople offered to you. It was a popular choice across the United States ...

This particular hare-brained idea came during a recent visit to the Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum, my favorite go-to for surprise-and-delight cars. I was surprised and delighted to find one of ...