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 died after they were rear ended and their Pinto blew up.

Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks may look indestructible: hulking blocks of aluminum and steel that appear to be better suited for a space station than a parking spot on a narrow city street. But a new report suggests that they’re actually deadlier than one of the most infamous—and flawed— American cars ever made: the Ford Pinto.

So much for safety A new report has come to a disturbing conclusion for Elon [Roman salute] Musk's Swasticar Cybertruck — the model is far more dangerous than the infamously "explosive" Ford Pintos of the 1970s.

The authors acknowledge the limits of their analysis, noting that Tesla will not publicly release the actual number of Cybertrucks sold, and that the analysis includes the self-inflicted death of a soldier in a Cybertruck in Las Vegas last month.

Blowout On a crisp, dry New Years morning in downtown Las Vegas, US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger rolled his rental cybertruck up near the front doors of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas.

Fuel Arc found the Cybertruck's fatality rate is 17 times that of the Ford Pinto, which was recalled after deadly collisions in the 1970s.