The ford motor company c suite made the conscious decision to move forward and bring the Pinto car to market, knowing from internal design reviews, it exploded when hit in the rear. An internal production risk mitigation analysis, stated it would be cheaper to settle accidental-casualty law suits vs stopping production and not selling the vehicle.

I lost a close friend who was burned alive in a rear end collison on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in 1975. She was in the back seat of a Pinto that got rear-ended by a drunk driver, and exploded! Rest in Peace, Denise. ALWAYS!