after the fuel tank on their Pinto, located behind the rear axle, burst into flames when their car was hit from behind. Ford was acquitted of all charges—three years after an exposé in Mother Jones magazine proved its executives were aware of the deadly flaw but decided not to fix it because a “cost-benefit” analysis suggested that it made more financial sense to chance lawsuits rather than expend the eleven dollars per automobile that would require. Of all the big American
