Leno Likes The Ford Pinto?

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[PintoRat]

The Pinto is, probably hands down, the single most underrated and overly criticized car in all of automotive history

[kirstenspencer]

The Pinto had rack and pinion steering, the German made motor was bulletproof. Got good fuel economy and easy to.repair.

[darrelrobbins]

The Pinto was a huge step up from the VW's of the time.

[rafaelwebprint]

The Pinto was awesome. My dad had one, it was listed on Marketplace last year. It's still driving! He sold it in 78'. LOL

[matthewtaylor]

Pintos are awesome. My first car was a ‘74 Pinto… with a small block Ford V8, a C4 auto with a shift kit, and an 8” rear diff with a LSD…

[steveharper]

I drove a 72 pinto when I was 18 in 1982. Drove it 200 miles to get married in Alabama because my girlfriend was under 18 and not pregnant 😂. Man, sometimes I wish it would have broken down before we got there 😭. 15$ in gas and 4 quarts of oil and we were home. 42 yrs later were still here but the pinto is gone.

[piskac]

I loved my 1972 Ford Pinto Hatchback. My 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse was the ultimate Pinto.

[thegameshowgeek]

The Pinto may be famous for exploding if punched in the back, but it was a very good domestic supermini in its day. And I have a soft spot for the car as my mother had a 79 in powder blue. It needed tlc but it was a decently handsome car.

[zerkfiter]

8, 635 B24 bombers built by FORD during WW2

[KeithCriswell]

ol' henry laughed all the way to the bank

[andydavis]

The Pinto got a bad reputation over the exploding gas tank issue. It was not a bad car for what it was.

Of course .... Being a GM guy, I'd rather have a Vega.

Ride on Jay!

[timothykeith]

I wish Pinto had been produced earlier, maybe in 1968. Maybe GM would have got the Vega mptor right, who knows, maybe improved the 153 Chevy 2 four cylinder - which remains in production as an industrial 3 liter.

[MrJohnnyboats]

Imagine the wry jokes if the audience knew he was aiding and supporting nazis during ww2.