real cars doesn't have smooth surface on it's light glass, so make a "coarse" thing behind that glass with the glass material and maybe it will looking fine
the scene looks dark because you can't see trough the lights
first try to make that tutorial: http://www.cgarena.com/freestu ... rials/max/studiolighting/
then make different environment, and different position and angles for the lights it isn't hard, good luck! - just the answer for your pm, because i can't send it for you, for some reasons
try to decrease the number of polys in the background, maybe different type of material on the buildings will be good, and maybe it doesn't need that much time, and use max 640*480 for animation, you aren't a movie maker
csinálj az ellenkező oldalról is egy képet és rakd be hdre, meg esetleg azt a lapot is kivehetnéd az autó felől és berakhatnál rendes fényeket, elv sokkal realisztikusabb lenne