Disneys Cars Voicecast

Character	Vehicle Likeness	Actor
Lightning McQueen	Pixar: "A hybrid between a stock car and a more curvaceous LeMans endurance racer (like Lolas and the Ford GT40)."[15]	Owen Wilson
Mater	1955 Chevrolet One-Ton Wrecker Tow Truck	Larry the Cable Guy
Sally Carrera	2002 Porsche 911 Carrera (Type 996)	Bonnie Hunt
Doc Hudson	1951 Hudson Hornet	Paul Newman
Ramone	1959 Chevy Impala lowrider	Cheech Marin
"The King" Strip Weathers	Richard Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, #43	Richard Petty
Fillmore	1960 VW Bus	George Carlin
Sarge	1942 Willys MB/1946 Willys CJ-2A hybrid	Paul Dooley
Luigi	1959 Fiat 500	Tony Shalhoub
Guido	Pixar custom forklift, resembles an Isetta model.	Guido Quaroni
Chick Hicks	Pixar: "a generic 1980's stock car."[16] Albeit one that resembles a mid-1980s Buick Regal stock car.	Michael Keaton
Sheriff	1949 Mercury Club Coupe	Michael Wallis
Mack	1985 Mack Superliner	John Ratzenberger
Lizzie	1923 Ford Model T	Katherine Helmond
Flo	1957 Motorama show car	Jenifer Lewis
Red	1960s style fire truck (most closely resembles a mid-1960s Pirsch pumper but also resembles American LaFrance models)	Joe Ranft
Peterbilt	Peterbilt 362	Joe Ranft
Harv	Not seen	Jeremy Piven / Jeremy Clarkson (UK)
Darrell Cartrip	1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	Darrell Waltrip
Bob Cutlass	1999 Oldsmobile Aurora	Bob Costas
Mrs. "The King" Weathers	1972 Chrysler Town and Country w/solid nose	Lynda Petty
Rusty Rust-Eze	1964 Dodge A100 van	Tom "Car Talk" Magliozzi
Dusty Rust-Eze	1963 Dodge Dart V1.0	Ray "Car Talk" Magliozzi
Tex	1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville	H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler
Jay Limo	Generic Limousine; resembles a late-1990s Lincoln Town Car	Jay Leno
Fred the Rusty Car	1962 Rambler Ambassador	Andrew Stanton
Junior	2002 NASCAR standard body stocker	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mario Andretti	1967 Ford Fairlane Daytona 500 winner	Mario Andretti
Michael Schumacher	2005 Ferrari F430	Michael Schumacher
McQueen's Biggest Fan	Large Motor home	Doug "Mater" Keever
Motor Home Race Fan	1978 Class A Motor home	Larry Benton
Wingo	2000 Nissan Silvia	Adrian Ochoa
Boost	1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse	Jonas Rivera
Snot Rod	1970 Plymouth AAR Barracuda	Lou Romano
DJ	2004 Scion xB	E.J. Holowicki
Tia	1990 Mazda Miata	Elissa Knight
Mia	1990 Mazda Miata	Lindsey Collins
Not Chuck	forklift	Mike Nelson
Minny	Generic minivan	Edie McClurg
Van	Generic minivan img	Richard Kind
The Governator	Hummer H1	Arnold Schwarzeneger (uncredited)
Woody	Ford Woodie wagon	Tom Hanks
Buzz Lightyear	Toy Spaceship Car	Tim Allen
Flik	1966 Volkswagen "Bug"	Dave Foley
Mike Wazowski	Isetta	Billy Crystal
Sulley	Monster Truck	John Goodman
Abominable Snowplow	Snowcat	John Ratzenberger
Hamm	small SUV	John Ratzenberger
P.T. Flea	Unknown car	John Ratzenberger
Poser "never been off road" SUV	Hummer H1 wagon with spinner mags	uncredited
Dinoco helicopter	upsized Bell 222	uncredited
Kori Turbowitz	Ford Taurus/Opel Tigra hybrid	Sarah Clark
Frank the bull	"Kubota orange" combine harvester	Tom Myers
Marco	2002 Ford Expedition Security SUV	uncredited
Cows	American 1950s chewall tractors	Tom Myers
Lightyear Blimp	Goodyear blimp	uncredited
Bessie	Asphalt machine	none
Chuck Manifold	Plymouth Reliant	uncredited
Chibi Japanese news woman	Mazda AZ-1	uncredited
Stanley	Identified as a Ford Model T pickup by a Pixar artist, but has a Stanley front end.	none
A113 Train	EMD F7A and B diesel locomotive	none
Mario Andretti's Wife	2005 Maserati Quattroporte	none
Other Race Cars	NASCAR Stockcar	None
Pit Crew Chiefs	Ford F550	Uncredited
Checkered Flag Truck	Ford F-150	none
U.S. Marine Corps fighters	Modified AV-8 Harrier II with missiles hardpoints on the wingtips and two vertical stabilizers, as in the F/A-18 Hornet	none
Dinoco Girls	Recycled animations of Kori Turbowitz (1994 Opel Tigra/Ford Taurus)	none
Souvenir Truck	Chevy Astro	uncredited
Elvis RV Cab	Ford E-350 RV	none

Individual characters

The name of the main character, Lightning McQueen, is a tribute to Glenn McQueen, a Pixar animator who died in 2002. The name refers also to actor Steve McQueen who was famous for some of the greatest car and racing movies, including Bullitt and Le Mans, and topic of a Sheryl Crow hit song. Lightning McQueen's number is 95, the year Toy Story was released. His original number was 57, the same year director John Lasseter was born (this can be seen in several of the teaser trailers), but was changed before the movie came out.

Lightning McQueen is no car in particular, but has elements of many sports cars. His headlights are stickers, like in NASCAR, and he also has many sponsor decals on his sides, once again similar to NASCAR. Pixar was shown a Corvette by GM, which influenced his design. His overall profile was inspired by the Ford GT40. His tail resembles that of a Dodge Viper, while the tail lenses and roof are consistent with a Ford Mustang. The full size tour car is based on a Pontiac Firebird. His custom two-tone paint and tires are from a 50s Chevrolet Corvette. Overall, his appearance is a hybrid between a stock car and various other sports cars, but tilted slightly towards the stock car style.

McQueen's wheels are the same color as his body, resembling several NASCAR racecars of the past.

Many cars only call Lightning by his last name, McQueen, although Sally calls him "Stickers" on account of his having no headlights, but stickers in their place.

Lightning admits in the video game that he does not have a middle name.

Sally, the romantic interest, is a stock Porsche Carrera. A Carrera's tail will pop up at highway speeds, but it can also be raised by the driver manually, and it was raised when she showed the custom pin striping. Pixar originally wanted a classic model, but Porsche persuaded them to use a 2002 model.

The King, voiced by Richard Petty, is Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, in "Petty Blue" with his number 43. The Superbird was a stock Plymouth Roadrunner with added aerodynamic features designed by Chrysler engineers from NASA projects (American Muscle Car TV series). The goalpost wing and shark nose were so fast that they were effectively banned in 1971, starting a trend of slowing cars down to speeds below 200 MPH. The King's crash in the film is an accurate frame-by-frame recreation of Rusty Wallace's crash at Talladega in 1993.([3]). Petty was known as the King on the NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit. When John Lasseter asked Petty if he wanted to be in a movie he initially refused saying "I want to drive a race car." He said yes when told it was an animated film.[4] Like The King, the real-life Richard Petty also crashed in his last race (the 1992 Hooters 500), although it was not as severe as the movie. Ironically, that race was also the first for 4-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon.

Villain Chick Hicks voiced by Michael Keaton, is number 86, a reference to Luxo Jr., released in 1986, and possibly also to the slang for killing or getting rid of someone (to "86" someone), as parodied in the code "number" for Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 on Mel Brooks's comedy television series Get Smart. Chick's body closely resembles the Quaker State Buick Regal that Ricky Rudd drove in the 1980s, though Pixar animators have said the character is a generic 1980's stock car. Michael Keaton was also in Herbie: Fully Loaded, another NASCAR-themed Disney movie. Chick's real last name is Murphy, although no one mentions it in the movie. His last name is also a reference to Trip Murphy, the antagonist in Herbie: Fully Loaded.

Rusty & Dusty Rust-eze (the cars seen in front of McQueen's trailer after the race) are direct parodies of Click & Clack, The Tappet Brothers from the radio show Car Talk. They even say their trademark phrase used to end their show, "Don't drive like my brother!" as Mack is leaving the track. They are also voiced by the Tappet Brothers themselves: Ray & Tom Magliozzi. The characters were also originally named Clink and Clunk. Dusty, the character voiced by Ray Magliozzi, is a 1963 Dodge Dart, a car Ray often reminisces about semi-fondly on Car Talk.

Former champion Doc Hudson's plate is "51HHMD," which is the real license plate of the original 1951 Fabulous Hudson Hornet and could be mistaken to mean "1951 Hudson Hornet, M.D." His record of 27 wins in a single season is the same as that of the 1952 Fabulous Hudson Hornet racing team,^[19] and his championships are the same years as the Hudson team.^[20]

Sheriff is voiced by Michael Wallis, renowned author of The Mother Road series of books about Historic Route 66. Sheriff has curb feelers on both sides which were used in older cars to detect proximity to a curb.

Fillmore, the Volkswagen Bus voiced by George Carlin, has license plate "51237" representing Carlin's birth date: May 12, 1937. His license plate dangles below his front bumper, forming a goatee typical of the 1960s hippies which the car represents. He lives in a geodesic dome with blacklight paint. Asian Week noted that Fillmore's character is actually an impression of half-Chinese Tommy Chong's hippie of the Cheech and Chong comedy record duo, although the character's voice more closely resembles Carlin's own Al Steet, the hippie-dippy weatherman, a skit that Carlin performed in the 60's and 70's. Pixar missed an opportunity to get Cheech and Chong together, but Cheech in a recent review said he didn't want to do that team again. The name Fillmore is a reference to Fillmore East and West - the concert hall where many artists during the 1960's and 1970's performed. The Fillmore is located in San Francisco which was considered a hippy haven in the 60's.

Darrell Cartrip is played by Darrell Waltrip, a retired race car driver who does race commentary for the FOX network. He raced a 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo with stacked headlights. He often raced with the number 17. Darrell is fond of colorful flame paint schemes. "Boogity boogity boogity!" is what Waltrip's character utters as the tiebreaker race starts. The real-life Darrell also utters this at the start of every NASCAR race and during some restarts. Also, right after the multicar wreck starts, Darrell announces: "Trouble!" This is the same word usually said by NASCAR commentators during or after a wreck.

Bob Cutlass is portrayed by Bob Costas, who is well known for his various works on NBC. Although the name is a reference to the Oldsmobile Cutlass, which is said to be the best-known model name for the General Motors division that was discontinued after 2004, he is actually shown as an Aurora.

The #58 "Octane Gain" racecar in the film's first race (look for it in "The Big One") appears to be a Toyota Camry, which NASCAR will start using in 2007.

The character Sarge is a possible reference to Sarge, the commander of the army men in Toy Story, or simply a generic veteran. He lives in a Quonset hut.

In the teaser, a car that appears to be Luigi waves the checkered flag for McQueen.

A van with a black and pink camper-trailer resembling Elvis Presley appears twice in the movie, in the RV park at the beginning, and behind the announcers at the Piston Cup Finale. On its side is "Elvis RV Cab". Next to the van at the Piston Cup is the Pizza Planet delivery truck, which is a reference to Toy Story.

Flo could be a possible reference to Al McWhiggin's Car in Toy Story 2. In Finding Nemo it is also the name of the imaginary sister to the character Deb, one of the fish in the fish tank at the dentist's office. (Deb mistakenly believes her own reflection in the glass of the fish tank to be her sister who she calls Flo.) She may also be a reference to the character Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Polly Holliday) from the television series Alice in which both she and Alice are employed as waitresses in a diner.

Big Red could be a reference to the Pixar short film Red's Dream.

Minny and Van are, of course, a pun on the word minivan.

Cultural diversity

Some cars are cast by their owners, others by their nation of manufacture.

The character Mater at different points in the movie says "Git R Done" and "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there," both catchphrases of Daniel Lawrence Whitney (credited as Larry the Cable Guy), who voices the character in the stereotypical drawl of an American Hillbilly. Mater is named after Douglas "Mater" Keever, whom John Lasseter met at Lowe's Motor Speedway.^[21] His character is comparable to Gilligan—not bright enough to pass any government-administered proficiency test, but possesses a heart of gold.

Den mother Flo appears to be inspired by three early- to mid-fifties show cars: the 1951 Buick LeSabre (front-end lines, the basic hood shape, lights mounted near the corners, and front-quarter trim), the 1951 Buick XP-300 (side trim), and the 1956/57 Chrysler Dart (cockpit, deck lid, and tailfins).^[22] Flo is played by Jenifer Lewis who is often cast as an African-American mother figure.

Ramone is voiced by Cheech Marin. He is a lowrider; a creation popular among Latinos. He is Pixar's first Latino character.

Luigi is a Fiat 500 with an Italian accent provided by Tony Shalhoub. Shalhoub uses the same accent he used for the lead character, Primo, in the 1996 film Big Night. By coincidence, the Fiat 500 is the same kind of car used by Lupin III, the protagonist of the Lupin III series and movies. Hayao Miyazaki, a good friend of John Lasseter, worked on two of the Lupin TV series and directed the Lupin III movie The Castle of Cagliostro. Lasseter said in an interview he did not intend for the reference to be there, although Cagliostro is still one of his favorite films. ^[23]

Mario Andretti voices a 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 stock car, painted blue and gold with the number #11. Mario Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500 with a car of the same appearance prepared by Holman-Moody.

Three of The Delinquent Road Hazards (minus Snot Rod) are Japanese imports; Mia and Tia are Mazda Miatas, and their names are a pun on Miata. Frank's predominent color, orange, is the color of Japanese tractor maker Kubota. While there is a Japanese woman on the world news, Asian Week("Steamed at Cars") notes that there are no Asian American cast voices, prominent or otherwise.

NASCAR Differences

The rules in the Piston Cup shown in the movie that differs with NASCAR include:

• In the movie, the point lead tie is settled by an extra race. In NASCAR, the situation is settled by whoever has more wins. If the drivers have the same number of wins, it'll be decided by 2nd-place finishes and so on.
• In the movie, Lightning McQueen appears to speed out of pit road to beat the pace car, and stay on the lead lap. In NASCAR, a driver would be penalized a lap for doing that.
• In the movie, when Chick Hicks crashed "The King" Strip Weathers, he still won the race, and the championship. In NASCAR (unless there is not enough proof that a driver intentionally tried to do something), a driver would almost certainly be denied the checkered flag, and the finishing position that the driver finished in.
• In the movie, Lightning McQueen pushes the wrecked Weathers across the finish line. In NASCAR, both drivers would be penalized for doing so in that situation (as in NASCAR, the race would be finished under the yellow flag, and under NASCAR rules, no driver can push a car in the last lap of the race if the yellow flag is out). However, it is reasonable that the symbollic gesture would be interpreted as such by NASCAR, as the last line in the rulebook reads "Except in Rare instances".
• Some cars in the film's first race have 3-digit numbers, while in NASCAR, 3 digit numbers may be registered for cars, but cars must sport a 1 or 2 digit number on their car. In the pre-modern era (pre-1972), it was somewhat common for some drivers to sport 3 digit numbers on their cars.
• In the first race, when McQueen blew his tires, the race still continued. However, in NASCAR, the race would be finished under the yellow flag, and McQueen would stay in the lead and win the Piston Cup (unless, he had made a pit stop, or had been too slow for the field)
• Modern NASCAR bodies must all have nearly the same shape, differentiated mainly by the painting of headlights and grille. The Piston Cup features cars based on various NASCAR racers since the 1970s.

Setting

The landscape in the distance behind Radiator Springs is made up of rock formations intentionally reminiscent of Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. The road map shown in the montage history of the town calls the area "Cadillac Range."

The Flo's V8 Cafe logo is similar to that used by the '32 Ford V8, the first V8 for mass marketed cars. This retro logo also appears on late model Ford Explorers (and other Ford trucks whose owners get the part and put it on their vehicles). Flathead also refers to this Ford V8, and was popular with hot rods. The neon spark plugs on the canopy flash in the right firing order.

The name of the Piston Cup racing series is a spoof of the Winston Cup, the premiere series in NASCAR (now known as the Nextel Cup).

The track that the opening race (Motor Speedway of the South) takes place on is actually based on and an enlarged version of the real life Bristol Motor Speedway. The track used for the Piston Cup Championship race is a clever knock-off of the Pasadena Rose Bowl as well as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the California Speedway, host to races in NASCAR and other racing series. The dome on top of the entrance to the track appears to be a replica of Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi's famous dome atop the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy.

The film features mostly American cars from the 1950s and 1960s, but also some Japanese tuner and American muscle cars from the 1970s, K's from the 1980s, and minivans and Miatas from the 90s.

At one point in the movie, when many places are shutting down in anticipation of a big race, a sign can be read for a brief moment that reads: "City of Emeryville - Closed." This is a reference to Emeryville, California, where the Pixar studio is located.

Route 66

Many characters and places in the movie are directly inspired on real Route 66 places and people.

To quote the Pixar crew:

"As we traveled on Route 66, we were privileged to visit many places and to meet a number of people who live and work alongside 'The Mother Road.' The following is a list of the places and people we wanted to honor by including their names in our 'Special Thanks' credits at the end of the film." ^[24]

The soundtrack had the classic blues piece "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" twice, once by Chuck Berry and a new version recorded specifically for the film's credits performed by John Mayer.

References to previous Pixar movies

Many of the sponsors on the sides of the cars are references to past Pixar films or as puns on real-life automotive-related companies. Here's a brief list of them:

• The number "2319" visible on a racecar under "CDA" is a reference to "23-19," the code used by the Child Detection Agency in Monsters, Inc. when a sock was found clinging to a monster's fur.

• The tires on the racecars say in small print "Gamma Quadrant Sector 4," a reference to where Zurg hides from Toy Story 2.

• Lightning McQueen is equipped with Lightyear Buzzard tires, a parody of Goodyear Eagle Tires and a reference to Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story and Toy Story 2

• The King's sponsor is Dinoco, the gas station from Toy Story, which itself is a pun on Sunoco, the official fuel supplier for NASCAR, though the logo is closer to petroleum company Sinclair which features a dinosaur on its logo.

• Flo is similar to Al's car from Toy Story 2.

• Some of the racing cars in the teaser trailer have Toy Story 2 and A Bug's Life logos on the side as well as "JLP" for John Lasseter, the director, and CDA (Child Detection Agency from Monsters, Inc.).

• The birds from the Pixar short For the Birds can briefly be seen and heard on a telephone wire in the "Life is a Highway" sequence. (It is difficult to see since the screen passes them quickly.)

• The jackalope from Boundin' is depicted on the back of a motor home. Also, one of Fillmore's bumper stickers reads "I Brake for Jackalopes".

• Radiator Spring's founder Stanley is actually the same truck that's seen in the Pixar short Boundin'.

• The Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story with a rocket on the roof can be seen at the entrance to the stadium in the final race sequence.

• When Mack is driving by the truck stop, one of the trucks' logos is "i, Inc." This is a reference to The Incredibles (the "i" is Mr. Incredible's monogram).

• There is a motor home in the second Piston Cup race at the end and he is surrounded by flamingos and a pool in reference to the short Knick Knack.

• The railway train's number which almost crashed into Lightning McQueen when he was on his way to Radiator Springs is A113, a recurring inside joke in several animated shows and films, referring to the classroom number used by animation students at CalArts. Mater's license plate has the same number.
• During the end credits, scenes from previous Pixar films are re-enacted with cars. There is a scene from Toy Car Story featuring Tom Hanks (as a Ford Woodie) and Tim Allen. Also, John Ratzenberger comes up on the window sill as Hamm. There is one from Monster Trucks, Inc. featuring John Goodman and Billy Crystal, also John Ratzenberger comes up as the Abominable Snowplow. Finally, there is one from A Bug's Life featuring Dave Foley, also John Ratzenberger comes up as P.T. flea. John Ratzenberger is featured in all three scenes, and his Cars character Mack (John Ratzenberger again) comments on the recurrence, from supportive at first to disgust and says "They're just using the same actor over and over again! What kind of cut-rate production is this?". The only Pixar films who were never given parodies to themselves during the credits of the film were Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.

• The opening music in the original teaser trailer is from A Bug's Life.

• A highway sign in the interstate sequence reads "Andy's House", a reference to the child from Toy Story.

• Lightning McQueen's number, 95 is a reference to the year Toy Story came out.

References to other movies

• In the teaser trailer to Cars, a little bee is seen flying around, a possible reference to Wally B. (Note that the presence of organic insects renders this teaser noncanonical. In the movie itself, there are no organic insects or animals of any kind; all insects are tiny Volkswagen Beetles with wings.)
• The flashback narrative of the final race scene along with the fact McQueen stops just before the finish line is a reference to the 1962 Tony Richardson movie The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
• The action film that Lightning envisions himself starring in is similar to War of the Worlds.
• The scene where Lightning almost gets hit by a train is a reference to The Fast And The Furious, also the scene with the three Import Scene cars surrounding Mack.
• The scene where Lightning leaves Radiator Springs in Mack and all press go with him, leaving Sally alone, is a reference to Notting Hill.
• When Mater jumps out of forest and over a moon back into a forest during the backwards driving sequence, it is a reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• The scene where Lightning brakes and causes Chick to brush the wall is a reference to Herbie: Fully Loaded, where Maggie Peyton did the same thing to Trip Murphy (only it turned into a bigger wreck). It is also a reference to Days of Thunder when Cole Trickle did the same to his oppenent during the final race.
• The scene where Mater removes "the boot" (restraining shackle) on Lightning and Lightning makes a run for it, you hear Lightning scream out "Freedom!" in the distance. This is a reference to Braveheart, where Mel Gibson shouts "Freedom" just before he is executed.

Other References

• In the initial race scene, a car features a logo implying sponsorship by Apple Computer (Steve Jobs's "other company") ^[25]. The car carries number 84, referring to the original Apple Macintosh's initial release in 1984.
• After the first race, when Lighting McQueen is talking to his sponsors, and is told to say a few words, during this the lights turn off and a spotlight aim to Lighting, in the backgrounds you can hear someone yelling "Freebird", a song from Lynyrd Skynyrd, commonly shouted out as a request at nearly any rock concert.
• In the scene just before the Los Angeles race depicting the shutdown of California for that race, a sign reading "City of Emeryville" is marked as closed. Emeryville is where Pixar's studios are based.
• When you see Flo's licence plate it says "SHO GRL" which must stand for what type of car she is and that it is flashy.
• In Finding Nemo when it shows the fish escaping at the end, it shows Luigi pass by. But many cnofuse it being on the escape plan scene. But Luigi appears complete with eyes.
• The scene when a car turned onto its nose during "The Big One" could have been modeled after Robert Pressley's crash in the 1997 Daytona 500.

• The King's (voice: Richard Petty) crash at the end of the final race mirrors frame-by-frame Petty's crash in the 1988 Daytona 500

Trivia

• Luigi's hood ornament resembles a mustache.
• Sheriff appears to have curb finders since he has white wall tires.
• Sheriff's curb finders seem to resemble whiskers.
• Even though Dinoco, The King's sponsor, features a dinosaur on its logo, it's doubtful whether dinosaurs actually existed in the Cars world. The same goes for the Ferrari logo which features a horse.
• Doc Hudson has white wall tires but no curb finders.
• The brand of white wall tires Lightning McQueen buys at Luigi's is called "Fettucini Alfredo," a popular Italian pasta dish.
• Flo's headlights resemble dimples on her cheeks.
• During the "Big Race" scene, announcer Darrell Cartrip is heard to very enthusiastically yell, "Boogity Boogity Boogity!", which racer and commentator Darrell Waltrip (who plays Cartrip) yells at the beginning of every race he is providing commentary for.
• Mack appears to be wearing a cap, common of truckers like Mack himself
• The two grilles that Ramone has above his lights and at the end of his hood are supposed to resemble a latino mustache
• The character of Lightning McQueen was used in some theaters during the preview show. Specifically, he would be leading the pack of race cars, until a cell phone ring is heard. At that point he spins out into the infield area and the "super" appears, "Please Turn Off Your Cell Phones."
• If the time scale is correct, Sally must be four years old, as she is a 2002 911 996.
• In the teaser trailer, the car waving the chequered flag is Luigi minus his vinyl roof
• Even though Red is supposed to be silent, when Lightning is found in Radiator Springs, and he is backing into his trailer, Red can be seen in the far background by Casa Della Tires, talking to the press.

References