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Cars is a media franchise including the 2006 film Cars, the 2011 film Cars 2, the 2017 film Cars 3, the 2013 film Planes and the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue. Characters in the fictional universe include:
Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen often referred to as "Lightning McQueen" (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films and first 2 games, Ben Rausch in Cars 3: Driven to Win, Keith Ferguson in all other media[ vague]) is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, although his design contains some elements inspired by the Chevrolet Corvette C6, Dodge Viper (ZB I), and Gen 4 NASCAR stock cars 2006. He owns a Racing Academy Team with Doc Hudson called the "Doc Hudson Racing Academy" (now it is known as the "Lightning McQueen Racing Academy" after Doc's sudden passing) where he trains rookie racers in the act of speed and good sportsmanship. Together with his friends, Cruz Ramirez and Tow Mater, Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy is a popular racing school in the world of Cars. Throughout his career, he hasn't suffered a DNF, until the third film, when he crashed out in the form of a horrific rollover in an effort to close the gap to Jackson Storm, his high tech next generation rival.
Mack (voiced by John Ratzenberger) is a 1985 Mack Super-Liner. Has the role of McQueen's transport, Mack pulls Lightning McQueen's trailer to his races.
McQueen exhorts Mack to drive through the night to his tiebreaker race with Chick Hicks and The King in Los Angeles, despite federal DOT regulations which legally grant Mack ten hours daily of much-needed off-duty rest [1] alongside "all those sleeping trucks" at the last truck stop on I-40. As a result, Mack falls asleep and, distracted by the Delinquent Road Hazards who attempt to push him off the road to the shoulder, loses Lightning. Mack arrives in Radiator Springs after Doc reveals Lightning's location.
Sterling (voiced by Nathan Fillion [2]) is a billionaire and one of the main antagonists in Cars 3. He assigns Cruz Ramirez to train McQueen and prepare him for the Florida 500. After watching McQueen's poor performance on the simulator, Sterling attempted to convince McQueen to retire and become a racing brand. McQueen convinces him to give him a chance at winning the Florida 500, then McQueen could decide when to stop racing to which Sterling reluctantly agrees.
Cruz Ramirez (voiced by Cristela Alonzo [3]) is Lightning McQueen's trainer and technician at the Rust-eze Racing Center. She is known for training some of the best newer elite rookies through her unconventional training methods. She is assigned to train McQueen for the Florida 500.
Cruz and McQueen later head to Thomasville where they meet the former crew chief of Doc Hudson, Smokey. Smokey trains McQueen and inspires Cruz as well. At the Florida 500, Cruz is sent back to the Racing Center. McQueen exits the race to allow Cruz to race. Using what she's learned on the road, Cruz catches up to Jackson Storm, who tries to overtake her. However, Cruz flips over him and lands in first place.
She returned in Cars 3: Driven to Win as one of the main characters and a starting playable character along with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, Ramone and Guido.
Strip Weathers, better known as The King (voiced by Richard Petty), is a "Dinoco-blue" veteran racecar and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's aerodynamic 1970 Plymouth Superbird, sporting same shade of blue and Petty's racecar number, 43 and is also a fictionalized version of him. [4] He is one of the racecars in the 2005 Piston Cup three-way tie, along with Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen.
He is Dinoco's "Golden Boy", having won seven Piston Cups, [5] and is hoping for his eighth in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife.
He returns in Cars 3 as the crew chief of his nephew and new Dinoco racer Cal Weathers with Richard Petty reprising his role as the voice of The King.
Chick Hicks (voiced by Michael Keaton in Cars, the video game adaption, and Cars Race-O-Rama, Bob Peterson in Cars 3) is Lightning McQueen's primary rival in the first film.
He returns in Cars 3, being voiced by Bob Peterson due to Keaton's scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Homecoming. In this film he now hosts his own talk show, Chick's Picks on Racing Sports Network.
Chick returns in the Cars video game, which is written by Pixar and considered a continuation to the story started in the movie.
Despite the fact he did not appear in Cars 2, he does show up in the film's video game as a downloadable character for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions. He also appears in Disney Infinity.
He also appears in Cars 3: Driven to Win which he does post race interviews with Mater, Smokey, Natalie Certain, and Miss Fritter; as well as giving out racing news offering commentary about players' winning/losing performance.
Jackson Storm (voiced by Armie Hammer in the film, [6] AJ Hamilton in Cars 3: Driven to Win), an arrogant blue-and-black "next generation" Piston Cup racer, is a newer rookie that comes into the racing sport, and one of the rivals in the third installment in the franchise.
At the Florida 500, he is overtaken by McQueen's former trainer Cruz Ramirez. He attempts to make her lose focus by telling her that she doesn't belong on a track. Cruz, however, regains her confidence and drives up next to Storm, who rammed her into the SAFER barrier wall, but Cruz flips over him and lands.
These characters live in Radiator Springs with Lightning McQueen, his trainer Cruz Ramirez and their hauler, Mack.
Mater is a rusty tow truck, resembling a 1957 Chevrolet Task Force. He is McQueen's best friend, and Holley Shiftwell's boyfriend. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy. Since his heroic actions and exposing Miles Axlerod in London, Mater is now known as "Sir Tow Mater".
Sally Carrera is the town's attorney. She is voiced by Bonnie Hunt, and she is a 2002 Porsche 996 Carrera. In 2022, Porsche made a one-off Porsche 911 as a tribute to the character, referred to as the "Sally Special". [7]
Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman in the first film and its video game adaptation, Corey Burton in all other related media) was the town's medical doctor, judge, and Lightning McQueen's mentor/crew chief. He was based on the 1951 Hudson Hornet. He did not appear in Cars 2 due to Newman's death, and it is implied that he died at some point in between the two films. He appeared in Cars 3 in McQueen's flashbacks, being voiced by archival recordings of Newman.
He won three consecutive Piston Cups in 1951, 1952 and 1953 as a racer known as The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and still held the record for the most wins in a single racing season with Smokey as his crew chief, corresponding to the first three of the real-life Hornet's production years.
The Sheriff (voiced by Michael Wallis) is a 1949 Mercury Eight Police Cruiser police car, [8]. Sheriff is painted in the classic law enforcement black and white with a single red light dome, two sirens, and curb feelers. Sheriff was the first resident of Radiator Springs to appear in the original film and the first to meet Lightning McQueen during a police chase when McQueen was speeding through the town, attempting to locate Mack.
Sheriff reappears in Cars 2, seeing Lightning and his race crew off to the World Grand Prix. During the climax of the film, Sheriff arrives with the other Radiator Springs residents as new members of McQueen's pit crew in England, and is informed by Mater of the Lemons cars' plot to kill McQueen in order to turn all vehicles in the world against alternate energy and rely on gasoline for profit.
Luigi (voiced by Tony Shalhoub in the films and video games, Michael Shalhoub in Disney Infinity) and Guido (voiced by Guido Quaroni) are part of McQueen's pit crew. Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500. [9] Luigi owns a tire shop, Casa Della Tires, [10] which is known for its "Leaning Tower of Tires", a tower of several tires shaped like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Ramone (voiced by Cheech Marin in the films and video games, Milton James in Cars 3: Driven to Win) is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupé [11] lowrider that owns the Ramone's House of Body Art store, where he paints himself and other cars, including Lightning McQueen later in the film. His garage employs the distinctive architecture of the Tower Station ( U-Drop Inn) in Shamrock, Texas.
Flo (voiced by Jenifer Lewis) is the owner of Radiator Springs only gas diner, "Flo's V-8 Café", and is married to Ramone. She appears to be inspired by two early- to mid-1950s show cars: the 1951 Buick XP-300 (side trim), 1951 General Motors Le Sabre and the 1957 Chrysler Dart concept car (front view) or 1960 Chrysler 300F 2 doors hardtop custom (cockpit, deck lid, and big tailfins rear). [12]
Fillmore (based on Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire [13] and voiced by George Carlin in Cars, the video game, and Cars Toons (via archival recordings), Brian George in Cars Mater-National Championship, Mark Silverman in Cars Race-O-Rama, Lloyd Sherr in all other media after the first film due to Carlin's death) is a Volkswagen Type 2 microbus of early 1960s vintage [14] as evidenced by his pointed front turn signals and small rear window.
He is a stereotypical hippie, [15] as he has stickers of the peace sign and flowers with his license plate positioned to resemble a soul patch.
Lizzie (voiced by Katherine Helmond), a 1924 Ford Model T Coupe, is the widow of Radiator Springs' founder, Stanley, and the elderly owner of a roadside souvenir and accessory shop.
These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 2 (2011).
Finn McMissile (voiced by Michael Caine in the second film, Martin Jarvis in the video games) is a British secret agent who recruits Mater to help in his mission.
His small tailfins were inspired by a 1958 British sports car called the Peerless—one of the few British cars with fins. [16] His belief about the World Grand Prix turns out to be true, as it was all just a setup by Miles Axlerod to make alternate fuel seem dangerous and make cars run on his own fuel with no choice.
Holley Shiftwell (voiced by Emily Mortimer) is a British spy-in-training, and Mater's love interest.
The Lemons are international criminals that appear in Cars 2.
Sir Miles Axlerod (voiced by Eddie Izzard) is the rival of the second film. Axlerod created the World Grand Prix to promote his new wonder-fuel, Allinol. His "alternative fuel" is actually ordinary gasoline engineered to ignite if hit with electromagnetic pulses from weapons disguised as television cameras. Sir Miles plans to use Professor Zündapp and the Lemon Cars to kill McQueen in the final race, but the EMP weapon fails to finish him off because Sarge switched McQueen's Allinol for Fillmore's organic fuel.
Professor Zündapp (voiced by Thomas Kretschmann), often referred simply as Professor Z, is an internationally wanted weapon designer. Though he initially appears to be the main antagonist, he is eventually revealed to be a secondary antagonist, and subordinate to Miles Axlerod.
Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game, and Roger Craig Smith in Disney Infinity) serves as Lightning McQueen's primary rival in the second film. He is painted in colors similar to the Italian flag.
These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 3 (2017).
Miss Fritter (voiced by Lea Delaria [17]) is a villainous demolition derby-inspired school bus with 4x4 jacked up wheels, with some elements from the 1970 International S Series and the Ford B series, with various license plates hanging down her left side, smoke stacks of doom that release fire and her race number 58 on her sides, and a main Antagonist in the third film as well. She is Lightning McQueen's nemesis, an undefeated Crazy-8 champion in the movie. She appears at a demolition derby at Thunder Hollow Speedway. She nearly saws Cruz with her Stop sign saw blades until Lightning McQueen, disguised as Chester Whipplefilter stops her only to get his tire shredded because the saw was lodged between his rear fender and tire. Cruz Ramirez ends up winning the race. At the end, Miss Fritter is serving as a turn friended big fan of Lightning McQueen and she was very happy to see him after his disguise came out. Miss Fritter is then seen cheering for McQueen and Cruz, watching the Florida 500 on TV.
Then she appeared in a Cars 3 short film "Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool" shooting a commercial for demolition derby racing along with her friends from Thunder Hollow. She returned in "Cars 3: Driven to Win" as an unlockable playable character and the first Master Event Boss Character. She is unlocked by completing and defeating her in the Master-level event, Miss Fritter Battle Race. She also chased Jackson Storm, an arrogent Next-Gen Piston Cup racer determined to beat anyone anywhere, at Thunder Hollow after the player beats him to the finish in the master-level event, Jackson Storm Race.
This seven-time Piston Cup Champion...
Luigi runs the local tire shop in Radiator Springs, Casa Della Tires.
Fillmore is Radiator Springs' resident hippie
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Cars is a media franchise including the 2006 film Cars, the 2011 film Cars 2, the 2017 film Cars 3, the 2013 film Planes and the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue. Characters in the fictional universe include:
Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen often referred to as "Lightning McQueen" (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films and first 2 games, Ben Rausch in Cars 3: Driven to Win, Keith Ferguson in all other media[ vague]) is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, although his design contains some elements inspired by the Chevrolet Corvette C6, Dodge Viper (ZB I), and Gen 4 NASCAR stock cars 2006. He owns a Racing Academy Team with Doc Hudson called the "Doc Hudson Racing Academy" (now it is known as the "Lightning McQueen Racing Academy" after Doc's sudden passing) where he trains rookie racers in the act of speed and good sportsmanship. Together with his friends, Cruz Ramirez and Tow Mater, Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy is a popular racing school in the world of Cars. Throughout his career, he hasn't suffered a DNF, until the third film, when he crashed out in the form of a horrific rollover in an effort to close the gap to Jackson Storm, his high tech next generation rival.
Mack (voiced by John Ratzenberger) is a 1985 Mack Super-Liner. Has the role of McQueen's transport, Mack pulls Lightning McQueen's trailer to his races.
McQueen exhorts Mack to drive through the night to his tiebreaker race with Chick Hicks and The King in Los Angeles, despite federal DOT regulations which legally grant Mack ten hours daily of much-needed off-duty rest [1] alongside "all those sleeping trucks" at the last truck stop on I-40. As a result, Mack falls asleep and, distracted by the Delinquent Road Hazards who attempt to push him off the road to the shoulder, loses Lightning. Mack arrives in Radiator Springs after Doc reveals Lightning's location.
Sterling (voiced by Nathan Fillion [2]) is a billionaire and one of the main antagonists in Cars 3. He assigns Cruz Ramirez to train McQueen and prepare him for the Florida 500. After watching McQueen's poor performance on the simulator, Sterling attempted to convince McQueen to retire and become a racing brand. McQueen convinces him to give him a chance at winning the Florida 500, then McQueen could decide when to stop racing to which Sterling reluctantly agrees.
Cruz Ramirez (voiced by Cristela Alonzo [3]) is Lightning McQueen's trainer and technician at the Rust-eze Racing Center. She is known for training some of the best newer elite rookies through her unconventional training methods. She is assigned to train McQueen for the Florida 500.
Cruz and McQueen later head to Thomasville where they meet the former crew chief of Doc Hudson, Smokey. Smokey trains McQueen and inspires Cruz as well. At the Florida 500, Cruz is sent back to the Racing Center. McQueen exits the race to allow Cruz to race. Using what she's learned on the road, Cruz catches up to Jackson Storm, who tries to overtake her. However, Cruz flips over him and lands in first place.
She returned in Cars 3: Driven to Win as one of the main characters and a starting playable character along with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, Ramone and Guido.
Strip Weathers, better known as The King (voiced by Richard Petty), is a "Dinoco-blue" veteran racecar and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's aerodynamic 1970 Plymouth Superbird, sporting same shade of blue and Petty's racecar number, 43 and is also a fictionalized version of him. [4] He is one of the racecars in the 2005 Piston Cup three-way tie, along with Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen.
He is Dinoco's "Golden Boy", having won seven Piston Cups, [5] and is hoping for his eighth in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife.
He returns in Cars 3 as the crew chief of his nephew and new Dinoco racer Cal Weathers with Richard Petty reprising his role as the voice of The King.
Chick Hicks (voiced by Michael Keaton in Cars, the video game adaption, and Cars Race-O-Rama, Bob Peterson in Cars 3) is Lightning McQueen's primary rival in the first film.
He returns in Cars 3, being voiced by Bob Peterson due to Keaton's scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Homecoming. In this film he now hosts his own talk show, Chick's Picks on Racing Sports Network.
Chick returns in the Cars video game, which is written by Pixar and considered a continuation to the story started in the movie.
Despite the fact he did not appear in Cars 2, he does show up in the film's video game as a downloadable character for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions. He also appears in Disney Infinity.
He also appears in Cars 3: Driven to Win which he does post race interviews with Mater, Smokey, Natalie Certain, and Miss Fritter; as well as giving out racing news offering commentary about players' winning/losing performance.
Jackson Storm (voiced by Armie Hammer in the film, [6] AJ Hamilton in Cars 3: Driven to Win), an arrogant blue-and-black "next generation" Piston Cup racer, is a newer rookie that comes into the racing sport, and one of the rivals in the third installment in the franchise.
At the Florida 500, he is overtaken by McQueen's former trainer Cruz Ramirez. He attempts to make her lose focus by telling her that she doesn't belong on a track. Cruz, however, regains her confidence and drives up next to Storm, who rammed her into the SAFER barrier wall, but Cruz flips over him and lands.
These characters live in Radiator Springs with Lightning McQueen, his trainer Cruz Ramirez and their hauler, Mack.
Mater is a rusty tow truck, resembling a 1957 Chevrolet Task Force. He is McQueen's best friend, and Holley Shiftwell's boyfriend. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy. Since his heroic actions and exposing Miles Axlerod in London, Mater is now known as "Sir Tow Mater".
Sally Carrera is the town's attorney. She is voiced by Bonnie Hunt, and she is a 2002 Porsche 996 Carrera. In 2022, Porsche made a one-off Porsche 911 as a tribute to the character, referred to as the "Sally Special". [7]
Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman in the first film and its video game adaptation, Corey Burton in all other related media) was the town's medical doctor, judge, and Lightning McQueen's mentor/crew chief. He was based on the 1951 Hudson Hornet. He did not appear in Cars 2 due to Newman's death, and it is implied that he died at some point in between the two films. He appeared in Cars 3 in McQueen's flashbacks, being voiced by archival recordings of Newman.
He won three consecutive Piston Cups in 1951, 1952 and 1953 as a racer known as The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and still held the record for the most wins in a single racing season with Smokey as his crew chief, corresponding to the first three of the real-life Hornet's production years.
The Sheriff (voiced by Michael Wallis) is a 1949 Mercury Eight Police Cruiser police car, [8]. Sheriff is painted in the classic law enforcement black and white with a single red light dome, two sirens, and curb feelers. Sheriff was the first resident of Radiator Springs to appear in the original film and the first to meet Lightning McQueen during a police chase when McQueen was speeding through the town, attempting to locate Mack.
Sheriff reappears in Cars 2, seeing Lightning and his race crew off to the World Grand Prix. During the climax of the film, Sheriff arrives with the other Radiator Springs residents as new members of McQueen's pit crew in England, and is informed by Mater of the Lemons cars' plot to kill McQueen in order to turn all vehicles in the world against alternate energy and rely on gasoline for profit.
Luigi (voiced by Tony Shalhoub in the films and video games, Michael Shalhoub in Disney Infinity) and Guido (voiced by Guido Quaroni) are part of McQueen's pit crew. Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500. [9] Luigi owns a tire shop, Casa Della Tires, [10] which is known for its "Leaning Tower of Tires", a tower of several tires shaped like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Ramone (voiced by Cheech Marin in the films and video games, Milton James in Cars 3: Driven to Win) is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupé [11] lowrider that owns the Ramone's House of Body Art store, where he paints himself and other cars, including Lightning McQueen later in the film. His garage employs the distinctive architecture of the Tower Station ( U-Drop Inn) in Shamrock, Texas.
Flo (voiced by Jenifer Lewis) is the owner of Radiator Springs only gas diner, "Flo's V-8 Café", and is married to Ramone. She appears to be inspired by two early- to mid-1950s show cars: the 1951 Buick XP-300 (side trim), 1951 General Motors Le Sabre and the 1957 Chrysler Dart concept car (front view) or 1960 Chrysler 300F 2 doors hardtop custom (cockpit, deck lid, and big tailfins rear). [12]
Fillmore (based on Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire [13] and voiced by George Carlin in Cars, the video game, and Cars Toons (via archival recordings), Brian George in Cars Mater-National Championship, Mark Silverman in Cars Race-O-Rama, Lloyd Sherr in all other media after the first film due to Carlin's death) is a Volkswagen Type 2 microbus of early 1960s vintage [14] as evidenced by his pointed front turn signals and small rear window.
He is a stereotypical hippie, [15] as he has stickers of the peace sign and flowers with his license plate positioned to resemble a soul patch.
Lizzie (voiced by Katherine Helmond), a 1924 Ford Model T Coupe, is the widow of Radiator Springs' founder, Stanley, and the elderly owner of a roadside souvenir and accessory shop.
These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 2 (2011).
Finn McMissile (voiced by Michael Caine in the second film, Martin Jarvis in the video games) is a British secret agent who recruits Mater to help in his mission.
His small tailfins were inspired by a 1958 British sports car called the Peerless—one of the few British cars with fins. [16] His belief about the World Grand Prix turns out to be true, as it was all just a setup by Miles Axlerod to make alternate fuel seem dangerous and make cars run on his own fuel with no choice.
Holley Shiftwell (voiced by Emily Mortimer) is a British spy-in-training, and Mater's love interest.
The Lemons are international criminals that appear in Cars 2.
Sir Miles Axlerod (voiced by Eddie Izzard) is the rival of the second film. Axlerod created the World Grand Prix to promote his new wonder-fuel, Allinol. His "alternative fuel" is actually ordinary gasoline engineered to ignite if hit with electromagnetic pulses from weapons disguised as television cameras. Sir Miles plans to use Professor Zündapp and the Lemon Cars to kill McQueen in the final race, but the EMP weapon fails to finish him off because Sarge switched McQueen's Allinol for Fillmore's organic fuel.
Professor Zündapp (voiced by Thomas Kretschmann), often referred simply as Professor Z, is an internationally wanted weapon designer. Though he initially appears to be the main antagonist, he is eventually revealed to be a secondary antagonist, and subordinate to Miles Axlerod.
Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game, and Roger Craig Smith in Disney Infinity) serves as Lightning McQueen's primary rival in the second film. He is painted in colors similar to the Italian flag.
These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 3 (2017).
Miss Fritter (voiced by Lea Delaria [17]) is a villainous demolition derby-inspired school bus with 4x4 jacked up wheels, with some elements from the 1970 International S Series and the Ford B series, with various license plates hanging down her left side, smoke stacks of doom that release fire and her race number 58 on her sides, and a main Antagonist in the third film as well. She is Lightning McQueen's nemesis, an undefeated Crazy-8 champion in the movie. She appears at a demolition derby at Thunder Hollow Speedway. She nearly saws Cruz with her Stop sign saw blades until Lightning McQueen, disguised as Chester Whipplefilter stops her only to get his tire shredded because the saw was lodged between his rear fender and tire. Cruz Ramirez ends up winning the race. At the end, Miss Fritter is serving as a turn friended big fan of Lightning McQueen and she was very happy to see him after his disguise came out. Miss Fritter is then seen cheering for McQueen and Cruz, watching the Florida 500 on TV.
Then she appeared in a Cars 3 short film "Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool" shooting a commercial for demolition derby racing along with her friends from Thunder Hollow. She returned in "Cars 3: Driven to Win" as an unlockable playable character and the first Master Event Boss Character. She is unlocked by completing and defeating her in the Master-level event, Miss Fritter Battle Race. She also chased Jackson Storm, an arrogent Next-Gen Piston Cup racer determined to beat anyone anywhere, at Thunder Hollow after the player beats him to the finish in the master-level event, Jackson Storm Race.
This seven-time Piston Cup Champion...
Luigi runs the local tire shop in Radiator Springs, Casa Della Tires.
Fillmore is Radiator Springs' resident hippie