Car shows on TV have gained a lot of popularity in recent decades. However, despite being termed under the category of reality shows, they are often heavily scripted, and a lot of the drama that goes on in the show is fake and staged in advance.
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Many of these shows often hire actors as mechanics and, at times, even tend to give you the wrong information about cars. Most of these car shows tend to use the same story structure every single episode, facing deadlines and major problems until we reach the end, where everything magically works out successfully.