List of Cars characters: Difference between revisions

Cars is a media franchise set in the same fictional universe with the following films:

• the 2006 film Cars
• the 2011 film Cars 2
• the 2017 film Cars 3
• the 2013 film Planes
• the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue

Piston Cup Teams

Main article: Cars (film)

Rust-eze team

Lightning McQueen

Main article: Lightning McQueen

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) 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

Mack Super-Liner

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 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 "Rust eze"

The BMW 2000 CS; the basis for the BMW CS Vintage Concept

Sterling (voiced by Nathan Fillion) 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. He is based on a 1966 BMW 2000 CS concept.

Cruz Ramirez

Jaguar F-Type

Chevrolet Corvette (C7)

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

Cruz Ramirez (voiced by Cristela Alonzo) 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. She attempts to train McQueen at Fireball Beach, but McQueen ends up teaching her how to race on sand. After surviving a Demolition Derby, which Cruz wins, McQueen lashes out on her for wasting his time and humiliating him on TV. Then, Cruz reveals that she always wanted to be a racer, but never found the confidence to do so. She is loosely based on a 2017 Jaguar F-Type, with some elements from the Corvette C7 and the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.

Cruz and McQueen reconcile and 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 (the same move Doc Hudson used back in 1951) and lands in first place. She begins to race for the Dinoco team, sporting Doc's former #51, with McQueen as her mentor. In the post-credits, Cruz has won the Piston Cup with Lightning by her side.

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.

Dinoco team

Strip "The King" Weathers

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. He is one of the racecars in the 2005 Piston Cup three-way tie, along with Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen. His sponsor (Dinoco), like Petty's (STP), is a well-known oil company.

Richard Petty's #43 Plymouth Superbird

He is Dinoco's "Golden Boy", having won seven Piston Cups, and is hoping for his eighth in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife. He tells McQueen to remember the importance of his team, but the rookie does not pay any attention, being more preoccupied with the thought of taking over the Dinoco sponsorship after Weathers' retirement. He is also shown to be a kind, caring, and honorable racer who would never cheat during a race.

On the final lap of the tie-breaker race, Weathers demonstrates good sportsmanship by not trying to get past McQueen all while keeping Hicks from doing any harm to the rookie. Hicks, in a final attempt to try to win the race, rams into Weathers, sending him into a dangerous rollover. When McQueen sees this, he realizes that Weathers' career might end the same way Doc Hudson's did. Not wanting him to suffer the same fate, he stops short of the finish line, allowing Hicks to win, and pushes Weathers across the finish line to help him finish his last race before his retirement so that he can have a better future, much to the audience's delight. As the injured Weathers is helped out by McQueen, he tells him that he just gave up the Piston Cup to save him, but McQueen tells him that he learned a lesson from Doc that "it's just an empty cup", having learned that helping others is important than fame. Weathers' accident resulted in Chick's victory being condemned by the fans and media, not caring that he won the race, while McQueen is praised for his good sportsmanship and for helping Weathers. Weathers is also praised by the fans for his performance and he and McQueen are recognized by the fans as the real winners despite coming in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. McQueen's sportsmanship also results in Tex offering the sponsorship to him, though he turns down and stays with Rust-Eze after learning that there are more important things in life than winning. Following his retirement, Weathers (who has now been repaired) is seen visiting the racing museum in Radiator Springs with his wife and another Piston Cup racer, Junior, stating that Hudson is his inspiration.

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.

Lynda Weathers

1975 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon

Lynda Weathers, also known as "Mrs. The King" (voiced by Lynda Petty), is a 1974 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon who brought the Petty family to "The King"'s races during the 1970s. Like Tex, Lynda followed each race from a Dinoco VIP booth, rooting for her husband. Throughout the film, she is constantly supporting her husband and she worries deeply when he gets kicked and wrecked by Chick Hicks. After the race, while Chick Hicks is booed for wrecking her husband and falsely winning the Piston Cup, she kissed Lightning on the cheek and tells him thanks for helping her husband finish his final race.

During the ending credits of Cars, Mrs. The King is seen at the Doc Hudson Museum with her husband and Mater as a tour guide throughout the museum. She asked to see and meet Doc Hudson, but Mater is unsure of his whereabouts at the present time – but assumed he is out racing, which turned out to be true.

Calvin "Cal" Weathers

Cal Weathers (voiced by Kyle Petty) is a new Dinoco racer. Took over as Dinoco racer after his uncle Strip Weathers retired and became his crew chief. Cal Weathers is numbered 42, and is a blue Capital Motors Mark II Piston Cup Stock Car with blue rims. He often races with Lightning McQueen and Bobby Swift and constantly pull pranks with each other after a race. Unlike his uncle, he seemed to be one of the weak Dinoco racers and never won any Piston Cups (according to Tex as a joke when he talks to Cruz Ramirez on joining Dinoco which in reality, he won two Piston Cups in the past), though he does win some races as shown when he beats McQueen in a close finish at Rocker Arms Speedway. He later retires when new next gen racers including Jackson Storm take over the sport.

Tex Dinoco

1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

Tex Dinoco (voiced by Humpy Wheeler) is the billionaire owner of Dinoco. Packaged as "Tex Dinoco with bullhorns" as a diecast car, he is simply called "Tex" in the film's credits. He speaks with a Carolina accent and resembles a 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo. He is the King's manager and sponsor. Unlike Lightning's agent (Harv, who doesn't watch the race), Tex is an avid race fan who would never miss a race. As a supportive and long-time friend of both Lynda and "The King", he has been a loyal fan of "The King" for many years and boasts that The King "has made Dinoco proud".

After Chick Hicks wins by employing a PIT maneuver to sabotage The King in the final lap of the tiebreaker, sending King into a dangerous rollover crash, Tex (angered by Hicks' unsportsmanlike driving and having refused to sponsor him for hurting The King) offers the lucrative sponsorship to Lightning with the explanation that "there's a whole lot more to racing than just winning" this is an echo of a line that McQueen used at the end of the race shown at the start of the film but with an entirely different meaning. However, McQueen turns down the offer, opting to stay with Rust-Eze. Tex respects his decision, but does tell McQueen, "If there's ever anything he can do for him, just let him know." However, McQueen does ask for one favor: to allow Mater to fly in the Dinoco transport helicopter, fulfilling Mater's dream.

He returns for Cars 3 as the sponsor for Cal Weathers. After Cal retired, Tex sought to have newcomer Cruz Ramirez to race for him after watching her performance in the Florida 500.

HTB team

Chick Hicks

Buick Grand National NASCAR

Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR

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 is a green 1979 Shyster Cremlin, "a generic Pixar design, 'a stock 1980s American car'" according to Pixar publicity coordinator Amanda Sorena, and strongly resembles a GM G-body with features from both the 4th generation Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR and the Buick Grand National NASCAR 1987. As the real-life General Motors wanted nothing to do with the character by rejecting an initial Pixar proposal to cast a Chevrolet stock car as the movie's villain, Chick is effectively an orphan. He has spent his entire career trailing Strip "The King" Weathers, and is bitter about this fact.

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.

IGNTR team

Jackson Storm

Presentation of Jackson Storm in 2017

Jackson Storm (voiced by Armie Hammer in the film, 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.

Radiator Springs

These characters live in Radiator Springs with Lightning McQueen, his trainer Cruz Ramirez and their hauler, Mack.

Tow Mater

Main article: Mater (Cars)

Chevrolet Task Force

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

Main article: Sally Carrera

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".

Sally as Eddie Paul custom vehicle for Cars promotional tour

Doc Hudson

Main article: Doc Hudson

1951 Hudson Hornet similar to Doc Hudson

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 the second film due to Paul Newman's death, and it is implied that he died as well at some point in between 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.

Sheriff

1949 Mercury Eight coupe

The Sheriff (voiced by Michael Wallis) is a 1949 Mercury Eight Police Cruiser police car,. 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 and Guido

Fiat 500

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. Luigi owns a tire shop, Casa Della Tires, which is known for its "Leaning Tower of Tires", a tower of several tires shaped like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Ramone

1959 Chevrolet Impala coupe

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 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

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).

Fillmore

Waldmire's van in Route 66 Hall of Fame

Fillmore (based on Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire and voiced by George Carlin in Cars, the video game, Mater and the Ghostlight, 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) is a Volkswagen Type 2 microbus of early 1960s vintage as evidenced by his pointed front turn signals and small rear window.

He is a stereotypical hippie, as he has stickers of the peace sign and flowers with his license plate positioned to resemble a soul patch.

Race fans

Mia and Tia Miata

1992 Mazda MX-5

Mia (voiced by Lindsey Collins) and Tia (voiced by Elissa Knight) are identical twin 1997 Mazda MX-5 ("Miata") sisters who are Lightning McQueen's self-proclaimed biggest fans in the first film. In Lightning McQueen's daydream about the Dinoco Sponsorship, the twins are Dinoco blue, except for the scene in the penthouse, where they are painted gold. After McQueen's disappearance, the twins are devastated that McQueen apparently will not make it to the race. Chick Hicks then swoops in and consoles them, loading them up with his own merchandise and a free Hostile Takeover Bank-sponsored green paint job. Mia and Tia accept the offer, not because they are Chick's fans, but because green complements their eyes. They soon return to being McQueen's fans, turning against Hicks after he deliberately causes Strip "The King" Weathers to wreck in the tie-breaker race.

Mia and Tia eventually move to Radiator Springs and are visible briefly as waitresses at Flo's V8 Café during the end credits. Their characters are based on sisters Mary Lou and Christina Mendez at the Midpoint Café in Adrian, Texas, where the café's (now semi-retired) owner Fran Houser is the basis for "Flo".

Other race cars

"Junior" #8

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo during a pit stop at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2006

Dale Earnhardt Jr., often referred to as "Junior" or "Dale Jr." (voiced by himself), is a Gen 4 Chevrolet SS stock cars that the NASCAR Cup Series used prior to 2007. He closely resembles the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS that he drove from his Sprint Cup debut in 1999 until his departure to the team his maternal grandfather Robert Gee, Sr. started, Hendrick Motorsports, in 2008. The car's Budweiser stickers are replaced by Dale Earnhardt Inc. stickers; these stickers refer to the same change made in NASCAR games as well as toys in order to avoid alcohol advertising. Junior is seen during the first race (Dinoco 400) and is involved in the wreck caused by Chick Hicks. When McQueen goes missing, Junior tells the Competition Racing Sports Network "I sure hope that Lightning is okay. I would hate to see anything bad happen to him!". At the tie-breaker, Junior wishes The King good luck in his last race, as "you've been an inspiration to me". Junior is last seen at the Radiator Springs racing museum with The King and his wife Lynda, amazed by Doc Hudson's many season winnings during the 1950s.

Junior does not appear in the video game nor the third film, due to his sponsor not returning in both, likely because it has gone out of business. The real-life Earnhardt Jr., his sister Kelley Miller, and their uncles Robert Gee Jr. and Jimmy Gee, currently operate a second-tier NASCAR team.

A replica of the red livery, with the Hendrick #88 on a Gen 6 Holden Commodore with Hendrick's current Axalta Coating Systems sponsor decals, was used for Earnhardt's final race as a full-time Cup driver in 2017.

Mario Andretti #11

1967 Ford Fairlane

Mario Andretti (voiced by himself) is a former racecar that believes every day is a great day for racing. He is based on the 1967 Holman Moody Ford Fairlane that Andretti drove to victory lane in the 1967 Daytona 500. In the Spanish edition of the movie, Andretti is voiced by Spanish Formula One champion Fernando Alonso.

A small green car seen beside Andretti at the entrance to pit lane is identified in the "Car Finder" game as Patty, Mario's personal assistant. She does not have a speaking role in the film.

The actual Ford Fairlane that Andretti drove was rebuilt as a Mercury Cyclone by Robert Gee (Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s maternal grandfather), driven in 1971 by German F1 and sportscar driver Rolf Stommelen for his only NASCAR start at Talladega Superspeedway, then sold to Darrell Waltrip for use his five races in 1972 and the first half of the 1973 season. It later became a Sportsman racer for Waltrip, but was crashed in 1975 at the Permatex 300 Sportsman race (now Xfinity Series race). Abandoned by Gee, it stayed there until a few NASCAR mechanics restored the car in its 1972 configuration as a 1971 Mercury Cyclone (brown #95) in the mid-1990s for a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Waltrip's first Cup start. It is displayed at Waltrip's museum in Harrisburg, North Carolina, and part of an Andretti exhibit at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2013. (A replica of the car as it looked in 1966 was also part of it.)

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari F430

Michael Schumacher (voiced by himself) is a 2005 Ferrari F430 sports car. He is a Ferrari in reference to five of his seven Formula One championships which were achieved with Ferrari F1. He appears at Luigi's shop at the end of the movie after being told by Lightning McQueen that "this is the best place in the world to buy tires", and asks to order a few sets of tires for himself and a pair of Maserati Quattroportes who accompany him. After Luigi faints from the excitement of having "a real Michael Schumacher Ferrari in his store", Schumacher speaks to Guido in Italian, and Guido subsequently faints. The Italian phrase he speaks is, "I hope that your friend recovers, I was told that you are fantastic." Because of licensing issues, in the Cars toyline, his name is called Ferrari F430 instead of his name himself.

Darrell Cartrip

Waltrip's 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Darrell Cartrip (voiced by Darrell Waltrip), a 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, is a Piston Cup announcer in the first and the third film. A former Piston Cup racer, the enthusiastic Cartrip uses Waltrip's catchphrase "Boogity boogity boogity! Let's go racing, boys!".

Cartrip appears in the Cars video game as a solo announcer; he is a playable character in the Piston Cup VS. and Arcade mode. He returns in the second film as a World Grand Prix announcer.

A real-life 1977 Monte Carlo was driven by Waltrip with DiGard Motorsports, finishing a very close second-place finish (11 points behind Richard Petty) for the 1979 championship Cup. Waltrip raced from midway through the 1975 season until the 1980 season driving for the team. The real-life car's original number (DiGard's #88) and green-and-white Gatorade livery do not appear on the character (the livery's design is now owned by PepsiCo). The film's credits list Darrell Waltrip Motorsports (his licensing arm) as the "#17 Car" (known for his Hendrick Motorsports and own efforts in winning three of NASCAR's four majors); Waltrip's various NASCAR entries have included a #17 (three times—two of those he owned, the other belonging to Hendrick Motorsports) and a #95 (the one he drove in his 1972 debut was at one time the real-life former Mario Andretti #11 from 1967 seen in the Cars franchise, is one such).

The most famous of the real-life 1977 DiGard Monte Carlos was the infamous "Bertha", displayed at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, known for a weight-reduction scheme (devised by Gary Nelson and Buddy Parrott) where up to 100 pounds (45 kg) of buckshot is dropped on-track on parade laps to lighten the car. A subsequent NASCAR rule change to weigh cars after the race now prevents this type of ruse. Bertha won 19 NASCAR premiership races in its career, including the 1978 Coca-Cola 600, Waltrip's first major.

He is the main announcer for the Piston Cup races, along with Bob Cutlass; announcer in Cars and Cars 3; he is voiced by Darrell Waltrip.

Cars 2

These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 2 (2011).

Secret agents and spies

Finn McMissile

Finn McMissile borrowed various design cues from 1960s sportscars, including the (from top to bottom; Peerless, Aston Martin DB5 and BMW 507

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 design is inspired by several cars: the roofline and doors of the Volvo P1800 (possibly inspired by Roger Moore's ownership of one while filming The Saint TV espionage series in the early 1960s, as Moore also portrayed Bond from 1973 to 1985), the grill and fenders of the BMW 507, and some major elements of the iconic James Bond Aston Martin DB5, debuting in Goldfinger (including its sound, as clearly heard in the intro of GoldenEye). The grille looks like a suave mustache. His license plate is 314 FMCM, which includes a reference to his initials. The number 314 indicates Caine's birthday, March 14, the same day as Billy Crystal, another actor for Pixar.

Like Bond's car, Finn has plenty of gadgets. His small tailfins were inspired by a 1958 British sports car called the Peerless—one of the few British cars with fins. Finn is fluent in many languages, most notably English, Japanese, French, and Italian. He is outfitted with a plethora of gadgets, including: two grappling hooks, a spy camera, a missile launcher, a deployable glass cutter, front wheel hub magnetic explosives launchers, deployable machine guns, surveillance probes, a miniature car called a "skate jack", an undercarriage mounted quad harpoon gun, a hydrofoil for oversea travel, a hologram generator, and a submarine-mode for underwater escapes. 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.

Finn McMissile appears in Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. It was revealed that Finn was a spy who was on the biggest oil platform in the world before he met Mater. None of them knew that Mater was not a spy. He just answered the question correctly.

Holley Shiftwell

Holley Shiftwell's design is heavily influenced by Jaguar supercars; the C-X75 and XJR-15

Holley Shiftwell (voiced by Emily Mortimer) is a British spy-in-training, and Mater's love interest. She is loosely based on the Jaguar C-X75 and Jaguar XJR-15.

Holley's name is a reference to Holley Performance Products, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance carburetors and fuel systems located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her design was made from a Jaguar XJR-15. Her name is possibly also a reference to Bond Girl Holly Goodhead. Her license plate is HS1201, which includes her initials. The number 1201 is Emily Mortimer's birthday in American date order (December 1).

Holley is equipped with gadgets including: (front) projection lamps above headlights that emit a heads-up display, headlight cameras; a (side) right wheel concealed gun and an electro-shock device, a telescoping utility arm, (undercarriage) mounted dual trackball platforms for controlling the heads-up display, and retractable wings for flight.

Holley Shiftwell appears in Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. She is a playable character in the Disney Infinity series.

Lemons

The Lemons are international criminals that appear in Cars 2.

Sir Miles Axlerod

Land Rover Discovery

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. He is based on a 2011 Land Rover Discovery and possibly on Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond films.

Professor Wolfgang Otto Zündapp

Zündapp Janus

Professor Zündapp (voiced by Thomas Kretschmann), often referred simply as Professor Z, is an internationally wanted weapon designer who is modelled after a 1958 Zündapp Janus 250 with a broken roof rack that evokes the look of a comb over. Though he initially appears to be the main antagonist, he is eventually revealed to be a secondary antagonist, and subordinate to Miles Axlerod.

Grem and Acer

Grem (voiced by Joe Mantegna) is a dented, rusty orange AMC Gremlin. Acer (voiced by Peter Jacobson) is a beat-up green AMC Pacer. Both of these "lemon" cars are henchmen for Professor Zündapp, Grem and Acer mistake Mater for an American agent with top-secret information, chasing him around the globe. Even though they don't have all the spy weapons and gadgets they are still tough and will do anything and everything to stop secret agents.

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  1975 AMC Gremlin
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  1976 AMC Pacer

World Grand Prix (WGP)

Francesco Bernoulli

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 a 2009 Formula FB1 Prototype Racer, according to Meet the Cars and other books. He is painted in colors similar to the Italian flag.

Jeff Gorvette

Chevrolet Corvette C6R

Jeff Gorvette (voiced by Jeff Gordon) is a now-retired 2009 Chevrolet Corvette C6R. He appeared in Cars 2 at the World Grand Prix, he's is Lightning McQueen's good friend, and he is now an announcer for the Piston Cup races in Cars 3 along with his real-life broadcast partner.

Shu Todoroki

Shu Todoroki (voiced by Erik Passoja in Cars 2: The Video Game) is a Japanese Le Mans endurance race car. According to Meet the Cars and other books, he is a 2006 Le Motor Prototype J8 Racer, a Pixar in-house design inspired on the 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. His flat underside and diffuser represent that of a 1999 BMW V12 LMR which has a 6.0-liter V12 engine. The year 2006 is a reference to when the 908 concept car was introduced at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.

Carla Veloso

Carla Veloso ,voiced by Claudia Leitte in the Brazilian version of the film, one of many characters voiced by Barbara Kottmeier,

According to Meet the Cars and other books, she is a 2009 Le Motor Prototype B12 racer, based on and a reference to the 2009 Drayson Lola B09/60 Judd, later known as a Lola-Drayson B12/69 EV.

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 car

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton (voiced by himself) is a 2009 Grand Touring Sports Special GBG racer. He is based on a McLaren MP4 12c GT3. He is named after the Formula 1 racing driver of the same name. The McLaren chassis is also a reference to the first F1 team the real life Hamilton drove for: McLaren.

Aston Martin DBR9

Nigel Gearsley

Nigel Gearsley (voiced by Greg Ellis) is a British Racing Green 2008 Aston Martin DBR9 GT1.

Citroen C4 WRC

Max Schnell

Max Schnell (voiced by James Rankin) is a champion of the fictional World Torque Championship League (WtCL). According to Meet the Cars and other books, he is a 2009 World Torque League Championship Racer.

World Grand Prix announcers

Brent Mustangburger

Brent Mustangburger, a 1965 Ford Mustang in traditional racing blue, is based on ESPN/ABC sportscaster Brent Musburger, who provides the character's voice. He re-appears in the spin-off film Planes.

David Hobbscap

Jaguar E Type

David Hobbscap, a British racing green 1963 Jaguar Coombs Lightweight E-Type, is a former champion from 24 Heures du Mans turned television sportscaster. His character is based on the real life former British racing driver and current NBC Sports commentator David Hobbs, who provides the character's voice. Jacques Villeneuve voices the character in the French and Quebec versions of Cars 2. He joins Brent Mustangburger and Darrell Cartrip.

Cars 3

Main article: Cars 3

These are characters who have first or only appeared in the film Cars 3 (2017).

Miss Fritter

International S Series

Miss Fritter (voiced by Lea Delaria) 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.

Planes

Main article: Planes (film)

• Dane Cook as Dusty Crophopper. He was inspired by the Air Tractor AT-502, Cessna and the PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader. He is painted white and orange with some black stripes. After his training, he has the black Jolly Wrenches insignia Skipper earned him up front as well as "D7" on his rudder. Since the Germany leg in the WATG rally, he gained blue racing stripes and the number 7 in a white circle on his body and wings. After becoming severely damaged en route to Mexico in the storm, most Wings Around The Globe racers gave him new parts as well as gaining T-33 Shooting Star wings and a Skyslicer MK V propeller. At the end of the film, he has a Jolly Wrenches paint job while racing with Skipper, having been made an honorary Jolly Wrench. He returned in Planes 2 as a firefighter in training for Piston Peak Air Attack Team as a SEAT (Single Engined Air Tanker). His callsign is Crophopper 7.
• Stacy Keach as Skipper Riley, a Vought F4U Corsair and Dusty's mentor. His sole mission was a routine patrol that turned disastrous when his squadron stumbled upon an enemy fleet, leaving him as the sole survivor.
• Danny Mann as Sparky, a forklift and good friend of Chug and Skipper's assistant and mechanic
• Priyanka Chopra as Ishani, a Pan-Asian champion from India, based on the AeroCad AeroCanard with over a billion racing fans. She's painted orange and yellow with the number 6 in green. She is Dusty's good friend and Ripslinger's hated rival and former ally and teammate.
• Brad Garrett as Chug, a fuel truck and Dusty's best friend.
• Teri Hatcher as Dottie, a forklift and Dusty's friend and mechanic.
• Cedric the Entertainer as Leadbottom, a biplane inspired by the Boeing-Stearman Model 75 with a partial engine cowl.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Rochelle, a racing plane from Canada inspired by the Bay Super V, a conversion of the V-tail Model 35 Beechcraft Bonanza painted pink and white with some red maple leaf designs and the number 22. She is sponsored by Powder Propellers. Originally from Quebec, her flag and paint job is localized in 11 countries. She is also El Chupacabra's girlfriend. In Australia and New Zealand, Rochelle is re-contextualized as a former Tasmanian mail delivery plane, and is voiced by Jessica Marais. For other international release of Planes, Rochelle was named and painted differently. She was known as "Carolina" for the Brazilian version (voiced by Ivete Sangalo), "Tanya" in the Russian version, "Heidi" in the German version, "Azzurra" in the Italian version (voiced by Micaela Ramazzotti), "Sakura" in the Japanese version (voiced by Naka Riisa), and "Yún Yàn Fēi" in the Chinese/Putonghua version (voiced by Yù Tóu). There's also a French version of Rochelle in the France version of Disney Planes. She may look similar to the Canadian Rochelle because of her paintwork and the French language she speaks. But the French Rochelle does not have the red maple leaf decals on her body.
• Roger Craig Smith as Ripslinger, a custom-built carbon-fiber race plane with green decals, orange flame designs, several racing sponsors and his name painted on his body and wings. He also has a four bladed contra-rotating propeller. Rip is captain of Team RPX and Dusty's hated rival in the film. His race number is 13. He later damaged Skipper's vertical stabilizer during the Mexico-New York leg. He returned as a main antagonist for Planes: the Video Game attempting to ruin Dusty's fame, wreck his town, paint Dusty graffiti on the Great Wall of China while disguised as him, and even cause trouble for Dusty's international friends including ruining the Diwali Festival in Ishani's home country.
• Gabriel Iglesias as Ned and Zed, henchmen of Ripslinger and his teammates inspired by the Zivko Edge 540 and MX Aircraft MXS. Ned is green with white wings and the number 0 in orange, while Zed is white with green wings and the number 00 in orange. They are twin brothers from New Zealand (They represent the United States with Ripslinger in the film) who try to sabotage the other racers by flying aggressively (this was best demonstrated when they cut off Dusty's antenna, forcing him to land on the USS Dwight D. Flysenhower), allowing Ripslinger to take the win with Ned and Zed finishing second and third. They were later thwarted by Dusty when Ned hit a rock with his left wing, sending him into a barrel roll and trapping both him and Zed into a narrow gap that only Dusty was able to fly through.
• John Cleese as Bulldog, a de Havilland DH.88 Comet from the United Kingdom, painted blue and white on his chassis and red wings. He has the Union Jack painted up front with the number 11 in black inside a white circle on his sides and wings. He was saved from crashing by Dusty in the Iceland-Germany leg.
• Carlos Alazraqui as El Chupacabra, a red, white and green Gee Bee Model R and Dusty's good friend and Rochelle's boyfriend. He is racer number 5 from Mexico.
• Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger, a 1964½ Ford Mustang and main announcer for the RSN and the Wings Around The Globe rally.

Planes 2: Fire & Rescue

Main article: Planes: Fire & Rescue

• Julie Bowen as Lil' Dipper, a Super Scooper based on the Grumman G-21 Goose and C-415 SuperScooper She is also Dusty's biggest fan and love interest.
• Curtis Armstrong as Maru, a forklift mechanic at the Piston Peak Air Attack base
• Ed Harris as Blade Ranger, a veteran fire-and-rescue helicopter. He used to play a police helicopter in CHoPs with Nick "Loop'n" Lopez but became a firefighter when Nick died. Blade is inspired by the AgustaWestland AW109, AgustaWestland AW139 and Bell 429 GlobalRanger
• Wes Studi as Windlifter, a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopter who used to work as a lumberjack before Planes 2
• Dale Dye as Cabbie, a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar retired from military service who airdrops the Smokejumpers to fire sites
• Regina King as Dynamite, the leader of The Smokejumpers, a team of ground vehicles which parachute into fire sites
• Corri English as Pinecone, a smokejumper equipped with a rake tool to clear brush and debris
• Bryan Callen as Avalanche, a bulldozer and a smokejumper
• Danny Pardo as Blackout, a smokejumper equipped with a circular saw
• Matt L. Jones as Drip, a smokejumper equipped with a skid-steer claw to clear fallen trees and brush
• Fred Willard as Secretary of the Interior, a green four-wheel-drive with a roof rack
• Jerry Stiller as Harvey, an RV and Winnie's husband.
• Anne Meara as Winnie, an RV and Harvey's wife.
• Erik Estrada as Nick "Loop'n" Lopez, a helicopter TV actor who was the co-star of CHoPs. He was killed during filming of the series's one-hundred-thirty-ninth episode, and is the reason Blade became a firefighter (Blade couldn't save him in time).
• John Michael Higgins as Cad Spinner, a second generation Cadillac Escalade and the park superintendent of the Piston Peak Fusalodge
• Barry Corbin as Ol' Jammer, a tour bus at Piston Peak. He later was promoted as superintendent after Cad was fired from his selfishness
• Hal Holbrook as Mayday, an old fire and rescue truck from Propwash Junction
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Ryker, a transportation management safety truck with a roof-mounted watercannon for firefighting. Ryker made a camo appearance at the end of Planes cheering for Dusty Crophopper after he won his first ever WATG rally against Ripslinger.
• Patrick Warburton as Pulaski, a structural firefighting fire truck at Piston Peak with a roof-mounted watercannon for firefighting. Pulaski's namesake, Ed Pulaski, was known for his heroism in saving most of his crew during the Great Fire of 1910 by sheltering in an abandoned mine.
• Brad Paisley as Bubba, a Pickup truck
• Kari Wahlgren as Patch
• René Auberjonois as Concierge
• Steve Schirripa as Steve
• John Ratzenberger as Brodi

External links

• Disney World of Cars Official Site