Word: pintos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Band members defended their humor. "At the Yale game, we formed 'MBA' and the B-School alums stood up and cheered," drillmaster Dave Pinto said yesterday...
...Pinto said the board routinely submits its material to the Department of Athletics for approval...
That goal, however, could run into some buyer resistance. Drivers continue to be stunned by the price tags on the new models rolling out of Detroit. Ford announced last week that its new subcompact Escort would cost at least $5,128. That is over $1,000 more than the Pinto it replaces and will be about $200 more than a 1981 Toyota Corolla. GM's hot-selling Chevrolet Citation four-door hatchback at $6,282 will cost 9.6% more this autumn; the price has risen almost 40% since it was introduced 1½years ago. To make the price...
...Ford cars will have important design changes to correct past problems. To avoid the fires that were sometimes caused in rear-end collisions in the Pinto, the new cars' gas tanks are placed in front of, rather than behind, the rear axle. In addition, the automatic transmissions have a pronounced barrier between park and reverse to prevent slippage between the two gears. Last week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was still considering whether to force Ford to recall some 16 million vehicles because of that problem in earlier cars...
...current generation of American small cars is vastly superior to the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Vega. The American public now views the car as they should have years and years ago: as an instrument to get you from one place to another...