"I went to a junkyard and bought a junk Ford Pinto," he said.
I know you've got a dead 1978 Ford Pinto parked out behind the shed.
The Ford Pinto is a car with a considerable following, but not a lot of prestige.
However, driving a small car like the Ford Pinto, then might be communicating no need to occupy so much space.
This is a reference to a problem with the Ford Pinto during the 1970s.
Iacocca was also the "moving force", as one court put it, behind the Ford Pinto.
"I'm not sure it would have worked if he'd found a Ford Pinto instead."
He said he was driving a little Ford Pinto, and told me the color.
A chapter of the book was devoted to lawsuits concerning the Ford Pinto.
Learn all about the history of the 1971-1980 Ford Pinto.