Ok so was it an evil car or a guy driving it?

Yes, there is someone in the car but it's done very much in the vein of Duel (sans arm hanging out the window). Although I have loved this movie since I was young I agree with many of the films detractors that the idea of a child molestor is a poor thing to hang a chase picture on. But the simple fact that the girls were discovered molested, to me, dismisses the possibility that the car is acting alone. I always thought "Man, Gene Siskel would have HATED this movie!" Anyways, I don't think it was supposed to be ambiguous, just that the identity of the guy wasn't important in something that adds up to be a car chase movie. Again, I think Duel is a big reference point here. My aunt said something once while watching the movie with me years ago. In the scene where the girl is abducted in her driveway there is a shot where she is pulled in the car from the passenger side. "There's two guys in that car" she said. Good point but I always thought the shot was mistakenly inverted which happens in movies sometimes.

"I've seen things in this city that make Dante's Inferno read like Winnie The Pooh."

A stunt actor drove the car. I did see his a hand on the steering wheel.

Have A Nice Day JonBonJovi

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I think that since the movie is told from the mother's P.O.V., they wanted to leave the kidnapper as a nameless, faceless adversary, personified by his vehicle. Since she herself would be unlikely to ever get a good look at him, we don't, either.

I mean, really, how many times will you look under Jabba's manboobs?

I can tell you exactly who is driving the car because I was in this movie......