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 ...

Then, on May 28, 1972, Lilly Gray was driving her six-month-old Pinto down a stretch of California’s Interstate 15 when the engine stumbled and stalled. A 1962 Ford Galaxie braked hard and rear-ended ...

In the 1984 parody film "Top Secret!" — follow up to the comedy classic "Airplane!" from David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams — there is a large, gag-filled action set piece as the group of ...

What was the best-selling Detroit subcompact car of the 1970s? The Ford Pinto and its Mercury Bobcat sibling, of course, and ...