The Troup County Sheriff has reopened a decades-old cold case in Georgia, following the discovery of a 1974 Ford Pinto in a creek. The Pinto belonged to Kyle Clinkscales, an Auburn University student ...

Automakers have no shortage of forgotten experiments, but some survive only through a handful of photographs and the recollections of the people who helped build them. This unusual Ford Pinto–based ...

The Ford Pinto is one of the most infamous cars in automotive history. Introduced in 1970, just prior to the first OPEC oil embargo and the gas crisis that followed, the Pinto was initially a huge ...

On a summer evening in 1978, three teenagers were driving a Ford Pinto down US-33 in northern Indiana. Judy Ulrich, a recent high school graduate, was behind the wheel, ferrying her little sister Lyn ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the late 1960s, a charismatic vice president at Ford 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 Lee ...

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 ...

Ford Motor Co. introduces the Pinto on Sept. 11, 1970. It went on to become one of the industry's hottest-selling subcompacts during the 1970s. The success of the Pinto enhanced the career of Lee ...