Background: black&white - Object: color - How???

Hi,
My English isn't very good, I hope you understand it, if not please ask. Well, I've got a self-made movie where a you see a car driving. I want that the car got his normal colors (blue and black) and the background should only be black and white. Is this possible in CS3, and does somebody know how? Or does somebody have a good tutorial for this?
Thank you,
Patrick

This is much easier to  do in After Effects but if you do not have AE here we go:
Put clip op track 1 and add Black and White effect. You can also turn down the saturation in several effects.
Put same clip (without the B&W) on track 2 and add the 16 garbage matte.
Keyframe the garbage matte over time on the car in the clip.
or
add clip to track 1
add clip to track 2
add a white colour matte to track 2 and add the garbage matte to this and keyframe object over time
for feathered edge add a fast blur.
Dubble garbage matte
Add RGB curves to the first clip to make the BandW more intens.

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