@Ambientlife: Firstly thanks for the links, enjoyed them, especially since there is not much info out there dealing specifically with auto photography, everything else yes, auto photographers usually stick to themselves, things like the rig shot was a closely guarded...
There is one thing of interest that you mention on you site...
Also people in my view make little use of the best light source that they have, the sun!, it's very underrated and if you look back at the time of the great masters you'll note that many used to employ a lighting technique that meant lighting in the same direction as the sun instead of against it as many seem to now...
I would really like to pick your brain on that sun theory....