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Make a duplicate layer of the car, and black it out. They erase parts of it, and tweak it to make a nice shadow. That way it looks real...drop shadows only work well with text.
unless you tried it already, i think it could look good. it would help accent his scoop stripe. maybe just desaturate it and play with the brightness/contrast