Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Ford
- Also called
- Mercury Bobcat
- Production
- September 1970 – July 1980
- Model years
- 1971–1980 (Pinto) 1974–1980 (Bobcat)
- Assembly
- United States: Edison, New Jersey ( Edison Assembly ) Milpitas, California ( San Jose Assembly ) Canada: Southwold, Ontario ( St. Thomas Assembly )
- Designer
- Robert Eidschun (1968)
- Class
- Subcompact car
- Body style
- 2-door sedan 2-door sedan delivery 2-door station wagon 3-door hatchback
- Layout
- FR layout
- Chassis
- Unibody
- Related
- Mercury Bobcat Ford Mustang II
- Engine
- 97.6 cu in (1.6 L) Kent I4 122.0 cu in (2.0 L) EAO I4 140.4 cu in (2.3 L) L23 I4 170.9 cu in (2.8 L) Cologne V6
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual 3-speed C3/"Selectshift/Cruise-O-Matic" automatic
- Wheelbase
- 94.0 in (2,388 mm)
- Length
- 163 in (4,140 mm)
- Width
- 69.4 in (1,763 mm)
- Height
- 50 in (1,270 mm)
- Curb weight
- 2,015–2,270 lb (914–1,030 kg) (1971)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ford Pinto is a subcompact car that was manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company in North America from 1970 until 1980. The Pinto was the first subcompact vehicle produced by Ford in North America.
The Pinto was marketed in three body styles across its production: a two-door fastback sedan with a trunk, a three-door hatchback, and a two-door station wagon. Mercury offered rebadged versions of the Pinto as the Mercury Bobcat from 1975 until 1980 (1974–1980 in Canada).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ford Pinto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.