This flying car combined the lightweight Ford Pinto with the wings and partial fuselage of a Cessna Skymaster. The first roadable aircraft patent in the United States was granted in 1918 to Felix ...

The AVE Mizar was a 20th century attempt to turn a Ford Pinto into a flying car. It faced many of the same logistical issues as other concepts. Building a car that can fly, fundamentally ...

To keep the car light, everything was scaled down with an inline-four engine under the bonnet. It appeared to be the perfect answer to an economic climate pushing wages down and fuel prices up. The ...

Due to the location of its fuel tank, when involved in a collision, the Pinto was more susceptible to explosions than a typical car. As detailed ... Though Ford was eventually forced by the ...

Harrison Ford’s iconic flying car, the Spinner, from Blade Runner, captured imaginations everywhere with its sleek design and futuristic capabilities. Curious how this sci-fi masterpiece became ...

If you weren’t around in 1971 to 1980, the Ford Pinto had a reputation for blowing up if you rear ended it. Literally. It was a big deal. In those few years of production, there were 27 people that ...

the Ford Pinto. The authors of the Cybertruck analysis openly acknowledge caveats in their methodology. First off, Tesla—the car’s manufacturer and one of Musk’s companies—has not ...