 CONT: When the cops chase Brian after the first race, Agent Markham  gets out of a squad car and shoots an electrical mechanism to  disable Brians car. Brian looses control and just knocks over a  parking meter. When he hits it, barely any damage is done. In the  next shot when the camera pans over his car, you can see that the  hood is buckled, and the whole front end is basically destroyed (i.e  the missing headlight, air dam and grille area).