Here is how my voting went.
atlop vs es
This is my theme, you two captured your cars very well. I must say that I love the Camaro, which I am guessing is empty spaces shot. Awesome colour and reflections, I really like the framing too. atlop produced the goods like always, but I was drawn more towards the Camaro.
Ev04 vs 440
I can't see how Ev0 expected to go with no editing, especially going up against 440. Of course the Audi got my vote, good to see 440 has his magic without 2.0 rules. You captured the Quattro brilliantly in it's natural element. Superb colour.
I am sure Ev04's shot would look a lot better if he had done some brightness/contrast adjust.
art555 vs arsenal
This was a hard decision, I love the minimalistic feel to arsenal's shot and the colour. The SLR burnout does capture me though, that is a lot of smoke.
Arsenal got my vote in the end, love the colours and composition.
I gotta ask art555, how did you get so much smoke?
lmracer vs franz
This was a even harder decision. I love both shots, they both fufill the theme really well. Both shots look superb too. Took me awhile to decide, but in the end I went with the franz's MX5. I really like the simplistic feel to it and the composition. Gives it a real artistic feel.
One of the main reasons why franz got my vote, is because it was less cluttered and more simple. I am not saying that lmracer's shot is bad, If he didn't have those big signs in the bg it would of been even harder to decide.
I hope you understand what I mean, I am bubbling now.
I found it a lot harder to vote for these shots than the 2.0 ones. All of you have done a superb job and good luck to whoever wins for the future rounds. 👍