Ford Mustang II
A Pinto and a Mustang mixed into one? This classic car never made sense then and it sure doesn’t make sense nowadays. During the fuel crisis of the 1970s, Ford shrank the Mustang using a Pinto-based platform. The problem was that Mustang enthusiasts saw the new design, and the auto world lambasted the car. The Mustang II was the right car at the wrong time as technology wasn’t there yet to make the car perform right (via Motor Trend).
That’s not to say the Mustang II was all bad but the car was not as iconic as the original. The Pinto-based design limited what the designers could do with the car. The Ford Mustang has gone through many incarnations but the Pinto-based version was by far the most questionable in the lineup.