I actually don’t recall any car advertisement where a Human is present. Its always uber smooth driving conveniently never showing the driver.

Do have to make a note i am very advertisement-avoidant. I refuse to use many service that serves ads and actively try not to pay attention (mental health reasons) so my perspective is skewed on the topic.

I did see many fully rendered ads off all kinds used as examples in college for 3d modeling class. I was specifically thought that the majority of products we see advertised around us are rendered.

Rendering realistic humans beings is only possible since a few years and more expensive than its worth. It is reasonably save to assume humans in ads are mostly real footage. It doesn’t take away my point though.

There is still a huge difference in ability to conform to precise standards when comparing machined items and food because food simply has way more variables that can effect the looks. Also just imagine someone in the fast food joint having to expect every item to see if the pickle is presented exactly as the pictures or else trows the food away. Cars can just get the one part fixed.

None of this means we cant do much more to make food advertisements more honest and fair. Comparing cars to food is just more contrasting then apples and oranges.