Below, we'll take a look at two of the AMC Pacer V8's competitors, the Chevrolet Vega and the Ford Pinto, and see which does better when compared to the AMC Pacer V8.

Ford’s subcompact Pinto (and its near-twin Mercury Bobcat) turned out to be one of Ford's best-known cars—but for all the wrong reasons.

The Ford Pinto’s reputation is so toxic that the car has become shorthand for corporate negligence. Ford knew its design would make the car more dangerous and the company still went ahead with ...