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.
Mercury (automobile)
For the first time, Canadian Mercury dealers marketed a rebadged version of the Ford Pinto called the Bobcat offered in all of the same body styles and trim levels as the Pinto.