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If the chosen key started the car, the contestant won it and retired ; otherwise, the contestant returned the next day with that car eliminated should he or she return to the bonus game.

The contestant automatically won whatever car was left on the fifth day should they have gone that far without starting the car.

Since the cars were replaced every week, if a champion's reign managed to straddle weeks without having won a car, the lowest valued cars for the new week were eliminated from consideration for the champion depending on how many prior attempts were made and they were then given a choice of keys from the remaining cars.