lightweight unarmoured and prone to catch fire, sort of a Japanese Ferrari

I mean it even says Geo Metro in the article.

In some parts of the U.S. hitting a deer is called "dinner." Hitting a whole herd? "Dinner for the whole family."

That guy needs to think bigger....

That's not a monster snowblower... train-mounted ones are!
Chew up snow AND your car, and dig tunnels simultaneously!

It's all about the shear pin

I crashed a metro at 75 and walked away, contrary to SUV huggers, small cars are safe.

Oh they made planes alright, but not large commercial aircraft...Most famous Japanese made plane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubish…

At least it was a base model Yugo.

Approves.

Kind of reminds me of these guys:

Top Gear. Roadkill is too perfect.

I think that approximately half the B-52 fleet was retired by the early 1970s. My vague misunderstanding (I'm sure those more knowledgeable will chime in with further details and correct my mistakes) is that compared to their "tall tail" predecessors, the G and H had a number of inner electrical and plumbing…

On top of SALT is airframe life. FailSafe missions round the clock with full combat load will take it's toll.

We cut up the other airframes, as part of the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talk) treaty. They took a big chunk of steel, suspended by a crane, and smashed them to bits.

They were destroyed for an incredibly good cause. The same cause as their reason for existing in the first place.

That's attrition by treaty as much as anything else. The USAF *had* to chop up most of the airframes to satisfy arms reduction requirements.