He wanted to skid with his pick-up, but failed: he hit a sidewalk, a wheel came off and almost ran over a pedestrian

The Chevrolet Silverado was not originally designed to do skidding on public roads, but a driver confused the roles of the pickup and, possibly encouraged by a group of spectators at a public event in the United States, wanted to try the same. The result was very bad, as you can see in the video below.

This video shared on the Reddit social network shows the driver of a Silverado (that’s Chevrolet’s full-size pickup) skidding around several cars in a roundabout, but miscalculating the space and ends up hitting directly against a rope. He narrowly escaped a viewer who was standing there filming the scene.

The force of the impact tore the rear wheel off the truck axle and briefly lifted that corner of the Silverado into the air. Then the wheel got stuck under the rear bumper when the driver stopped the vehicle in front of dozens of attendants who immediately approached.

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Hard to know all parts that have been damaged as a result of this failed rotation, but the owner will obviously need a new wheel, crossbow and stub axle. You may also need a completely new rear axle if you want to see your vehicle return to the street normally.

Regardless of the cost of the arrangements, the driver I should be thankful that things didn’t get worse. If the broken wheel hadn’t landed under the bumper, the Silverado would have suffered significant personal injury as well, not to mention what might have happened if this bystander hadn’t reacted so quickly.

The Silverado is a big pickup that has been confirmed for the Argentine market, but the local subsidiary has postponed its launch indefinitely. Consulted with TN Autos, of Chevrolet, they explained that the decision is due to the fact that the brand will favor “the entry of vehicles from other segments which have a high demand in the Argentinian market”.

With the communication from Chevrolet cited in the previous paragraph, it can be interpreted that barriers to importing vehicles that the government is imposing to appease the outflow of dollars from the country has caused a change in their plans. And what was a safe launch, now it was in Be ready.

The North American automaker is not talking about “cancellation” just yet, but postponement. Thus, this suggests that the possibility of launching it for sale at some point is in effect. It is postponed, not excluded.