Control the car with Arduino

I have a car, which can be controlled by the remote controller. The controller communicates the car with RF. But I totally don't know the frequency and the data format of the RF.

I want to use the Arduino to work as the remote controller, and send out the same RF signal to control the car.

Is it possible? How to detect the RF data format? Which hardwares should be used? (I already an Arduino Mega 1280.)

Any suggestion is appreciated.

have a look at: RC Car Control Programming - CodeProject