Mercedes shaped red UFO

I was driving from nc to nyc area for tanksgiving. I was on a winding road late at night and saw red lights ahead.  Thinking this was a truck I tried to catch up to it to help drive better on this road.  Before I knew it I was going about 75 mph in a little toyota corrolla and it was shaking from this speed and probably bad alignment but the shaking brought me to my senses that what kind of truck could this be.  I stopped quickly and so did the lights.  I stared at them seeing a mercedes symbol like shape without the ring around it.  
Scared I backed up about 50 yards and looked at it.  I couldn't tell if the center of object was closer or farther away then the 3 points it was molten red in color.  I couldn't tell if it was in front of me or refracting off my windshield from above.  I was a pretty wild young man at the time and I don't know why I did what I did next only that I wanted to prove what I was seeing was real.  I drove for it straight at it shifting gears as soon! as I apprached it speeding up it took off with me almost like a magnet would repel its polar opposite.then just as quickly it accelerated at a high rate of speed and was gone
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.  PD