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...best prospect for future profits. These will be small, economical vehicles assembled from parts made in several countries. Essentially, the same car will be sold all over the globe. Ford's entry in this field is the subcompact Ford Escort and Mercury Lynx, which replace the outdated Pinto and Bobcat models...
...Wear Daily, the industry's bitchy bible, failed in its attempt to foist the midi-length skirt on recalcitrant U.S. women. Since then the customers have become even more independent-minded about their costumes, but the journalistic arbiters are still critically important. "The press creates interest," said Aldo Pinto, whose wife, Mariuccia Mandelli, designs the Krizia collection. "When Women's Wear talks repeatedly about a designer, it creates a stir...
...Winamac case involved a yellow 1973 Pinto that was carrying Judy Ann Ulrich, 18, her sister Lynn Marie, 16, and cousin Donna Ulrich, 18, to volleyball practice in Goshen, Ind., on Aug. 10,1978. As they were headed north on five-lane U.S. Route 33, their car was struck from behind by a 1972 Chevrolet van. The Pinto collapsed like a concertina; its fuel tank ruptured, and the car burst into flames. Lynn Marie and Donna died in the wreck; Judy Ann, who had been driving, was pulled out alive but died within hours at a hospital. Unknown...
...trial, Prosecutor Michael Cosentino set out to prove that Ford knew the gas tanks of the early Pintos were likely to rupture in rear-end crashes, but after a cost-benefit analysis, had decided against installing a $6.65 part that would have helped protect the tanks. Cosentino maintained that Ford then did not try hard enough to warn Pinto owners about the danger. He produced eyewitnesses who testified that the girls' Pinto had been moving at 15 to 35 m.p.h. when struck, meaning that the impact speed was equal to no more than 35 m.p.h. At that speed, Cosentino...
...state's case was hobbled early in the trial when Judge Harold Staffeldt ruled that the prosecution could submit only evidence involving Pintos manufactured in 1973; as a result, Cosentino could not present much of his evidence. Neal showed jurors exhibits and portions of nine miles of test-crash films demonstrating that the Pinto was at least as safe as rival subcompacts. Then he sprang a surprise: he produced two witnesses who testified that Judy Ann had told them just before she died that her car was stopped when it was struck by the van. Thus, argued Neal...