Ford Pinto
Offered with an inline-4 engine and bucket seats the Pinto's mechanical design was conventional, with unibody construction, a longitudinally mounted engine in front driving the rear wheels through either a manual or automatic transmission and live axle rear end. Suspension was by unequal-length control arms with front coil springs; the live rear axle was suspended on leaf springs. The rack and pinion steering had optional power assist, as did the brakes.
Ford Bronco
To lower production costs, at its launch, the Bronco was offered solely with a 3-speed column-shifted manual transmission (with a floor-mounted shifter later becoming an option). In 1973, in response to buyer demand, a 3-speed automatic transmission became offered as an option.