By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I know that big rigs are the lifeblood of industry, and they have as much right to use our highways as anyone else, blah blah blah, but when I see stuff like this it makes me think we should go back to shipping everything by train. This car in Brazil was completely squashed when a truck lost control on the highway and rolled over on it. I’m assuming there were no survivors–the thing looks like it’s been through the crusher! Remember to give those rigs a wide berth, guys. Via WreckedExotics.

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By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Sometimes it can take a little while for these race comps to get uploaded to StreetFire, so I wasn’t surprised when I started seeing multiple version of all the action from the F1 race in Brazil in the approval que this morning. But even though it’s not exactly breaking news, there’s some seriously scary contact between the cars, and there’s at least one corner dude that could have been seriously injured. The battles were heated enough that drivers Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil actually got into each up in each others grills, but it turned out to be a total sissy fight. Enjoy.

The Chevette made its debut in Brazil in 1974, a year before it was offered in the US. But for our neighbors to the south, the Chevette was available as this sleek sedan, as well as a wagon, in addition to the familiar boxy hatch that became the most popular econobox in the US. How come the other Americas get all the cool stuff? Check out more pics of this pretty Chevette on Rafael’s new ride page!