Sure if the Pinto was still made today, but it isn’t. The fact that Tesla is Pinto levels of bad 30+ years on from that incident is pathetic.

Do you have a recent example of this?

Not american but approved and sold here, the sazuki samurai is a notable example of this kind of terrible design.

Most recent I'm aware of is the early 2000's Crown Victoria, which is admittedly not a current model.