[SoYank]

The lower the f-stop the shallower the depth of focus. This will require a faster shutter for the same exposure since more light is coming through the aperture. Don't go too far down on the f-stop. Otherwise you'll get the wheel in focus but the rest of the car will be blurry.

Also, composition plays a big part in the results. Avoid the bright, central light as in your picture. If necessary, recompose with a different angle or reposition the subject. Possibly moving to the left to where the floodlight is eclipsed by the car body A- or B-pillar might help. Might even have removed the guy wires on the left.

Use your ambient light. In the photo you show there is a lot of street light. Maybe the car could have been repositioned under it. This would have eliminated the floodlight and guy wires at the possible expense of introducint some other undesirable background feature. But this can not be discerned from you photograph.

I bet Nikki could have that foreground lightened up and the floodlight dimmed out and guy wires invisible in no time.