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Ford Air Bag Ads Misleading Despite Positive In-House Tests
Internal Ford documents show the company publicly denouncing airbags as unreliable while test data from 1971 on a 1971 Pinto indicated airbags deployed in 38 milliseconds and prevented frontal impact. Ford promoted doubts about airbags in ads and government debates, even as engineers reported successful results.
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