In 1950 the Academy introduced a law prohibiting the sale of the Oscars. The real price of the statuettes is actually one dollar. In the event that a person wants to get rid of one of the awards, they cannot sell it and will have to return it to the Academy for that price.
For the production of the show (as of December 2024 ), they have nine Impalas. There are three "Hero" cars, three "Stunt" cars, two wrecked cars, and one cut-up car with easily removable roofs/doors used to film different angles.