Bait Car (series)
- User score: 9
- Production country: United States of America
- Production companies: Departure Films
- Genre: Crime, Reality
- Release date: 8/6/2007
- Release date of last episode: 10/23/2012
- Series status: Returning series
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 129
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
Bait Car is an American television series airing on the truTV network.The pilot episode was called Negro Trap, but was changed after protests from the NAACP. The program retains the original name in Asian and South American syndication. The show depicts would-be car thieves caught in the act of auto theft. Police target criminals with a high-tech bait car, rigged with hidden cameras and radio trackers. Viewers are taken along for the ride from the moment the car is stolen to the thief's arrest.
