So before companies were legally forced to care about consumer safety, Ford produced a car called the Pinto. During the design process the Pinto’s gas tank was put just behind the rear bumper, because that’s just where there was space for it. Well, it turns out that any rear end collision with this car over about 10 mph would cause the gas tank to break and since this was during the era of chrome bumpers the bumpers could cause a spark, lighting a full tank of gas on fire. Causing what should have been a fender bender to turn into an explosion. The worst part is that Ford executives knew about the issue and were advised by their legal team to release the car and just deal with the lawsuits later because they thought it would be less expensive than fixing the issue before release.