"The Humble 1984 Ford Tempo steering wheel.
In an era where Reagan was slashing regulations and undoing much of Carters work on public safety the head of the GSA, Gerald Carmen, stuck his neck out in 1982 and put a government bid for a pilot to requisition vehicles with drivers side airbags. Only 5,000 vehicles. Only Ford bid.
The following year they fielded the Ford Tempo; at first glance it was absolutely nothing special by this audiences interests, except that it was cheap and it came…"
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