What Did the GM Internal Memo Estimate the Cost of the Exploding

question 75

Multiple Choice

What did the GM internal memo estimate the cost of the exploding gas tanks would be to GM?

• A) $2.40 per car
• B) The memo did not do that analysis because it did not put a value on human life
• C) GM had learned from the Ford Pinto case and did not have such a memo
• D) $200,000 per car

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