I bet 100$ that you will not be able to do a proper research paper solely about hardcore car stuff. Don't get me wrong, I'm not implying that you are stupid or something. My comment is meant to reflect on the topic itself.
Limited time, limited research, rather limited availability of academic papers in the field etc etc etc, will lead to no good.
In particular, when this is your first time doing something like this, and you yourself are not sure about exactly what you are supposed to do and how.
Do something thats more feasible, writing about cars won't make you any cooler in the eyes of your classmates or teacher.
Do something that you can find quickly info on, and can write in an afternoon, rather than ending up bashing your head against the desk at 3am in the night, because you got stuck on page 1 - table of contents.
If you want it to be automotive related, you might as well do what I'd suggested in a previous post in this thread.