• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Funny thing about the Pinto…most US cars were made with that gas tank design and the Pinto had about the same number of fires from rear collision.

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      10 days ago

      Yup pinto accounted for almost 2% of cars on the road and just about 2% of fatalities due to fire. Plus it has a way smaller death rate per car due to fire than the cyber truck. Sold over 3 million cars and there were 27 fire deaths. I think the cyber truck fire deaths are in the 5-10 range for roughly 20 thousand sold.