Originally Posted by NFCstang
Read the 1st fucking paragraph.
Jesus
I did. You don't have to call me Jesus.
Here's what it says:
On July 9, 1999, a Los Angeles jury awarded $4.9 billion to six people burned in a rear end collision when the gas tank in their 1979 Chevrolet Malibu, located merely 11 inches from the rear of the car, gushed into an inferno. Testimony in that case showed that it would have cost General Motors only $8.59 to employ a safer design, but the company decided it would be cheaper to settle lawsuits that arose from exploding gas tanks, rather than prevent deaths and crippling injuries from burns.
Basically, ONE twenty year old Malibu exploded and somebody proved GM could've made it safer by spending more money. But apparently all the other Malubis made it out okay so I doubt it was very deadly. With the Pinto, Bronco II, and Explorer several vehicles destroyed themselves DURING PRE-PRODUCTION TESTING and Ford did nothing.
How many Malibus were destroyed during testing that this $9 fix would've saved? That was my question.