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Watch the sad, final moments of a crusher-bound heap

Automotive wrecking yards are good places to reflect on the real-world values of heavily depreciated vehicles versus global current scrap-metal prices, and to see which cars have suddenly had the fix-it-versus-total-it line moved by insurance companies (the early-21st-century Subaru Legacy Outback, for example, appeared in large numbers in high-turnover wrecking yards just during the last year, as fairly minor collision damage on these cars is no longer worth fixing). You'll see the things that a car's last owner does in a desperate attempt to sell (or at least live with) an increasingly decrepit heap (as we learned in "Repo Man," you really will find a Little Tree in every car). During a recent trip to a San Jose, Calif., yard, I encountered this sad yet strangely compelling scene.

CAR's guide to the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed

By Tim Pollard (photos by James Mann) Motor Shows 09 July 2008 12:11 Click here for CAR's full guide to the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Read our latest blogs, galleries, news – and even weather reports – live from Lord March's driveway. We're having daily updates to bring you all the news: • DAILY BULLETINWe're uploading daily reports live from the Festival of Speed, with news and pics• BLOGSSee how Ben Barry got on driving a Nissan GT-R up the hill on Friday• PREVIEWFull lowdown on what to expect at the 2008 Festival of Speed• CARS TO SEERound-up of the supercars, racing cars and even Bond cars at Goodwood• STARS TO SEEThe big names from the world of motorsport and beyond• PRACTICAL INFORMATIONHow to get there, links, maps, prices.

Kia styling chief Schreyer is fluent in Koreapean

The way Peter Schreyer sees it, there is one key difference between European and Korean automakers: Europeans design from the heart, Koreans from the head. "In a European company, everybody is a car driver, a car enthusiast," says the Germany-born design chief of Kia Motors Corp. "Everybody from the CEO to the little designer to people on the production line, they want to build cars they want to drive themselves." Koreans can be more market-oriented: "They look at the big picture, which markets to explore or conquer.