i've been looking around this site pretty extensively, so i'm pretty sure that this hasn't been brought up, but...

has anyone ever noticed the car inside the corleone compound in GF1. When Kay comes to visit Tom to give him the letter for Michael, there's an awkward break in the conversation, and then Kay asks about this car that's just sitting there with its door busted off. And Tom says something like, "Oh that was an accident, no one was hurt." I'm not sure if i'm missing something here, but does anyone know why they seem to make a point to mention this car?