Mater – 1951 Chevrolet Boom Truck He's a little rusty, but it's clear he's modeled after both the 1951 International Harvester tow truck and the 1951 Chevrolet boom truck (which is the same car).
Background. Mater's design is based on a 1955-57 Chevrolet Task Force Tow truck once used to lift equipment from mine shafts in Cherokee County, Kansas.
Chick is a 1979 Shyster Cremlin, a fictional car based on and designed after a 1986 Buick Regal in NASCAR form. Chick is painted green, with the number 86 painted on his doors, and has yellow rims. He also has a grille, which serves as a mustache.
Cruz Ramirez (voiced by Cristela Alonzo) is Lightning's trainer and technician at the Rust-eze Racing Center. She resembles a Jaguar F-Type and Chevrolet Corvette (C7). Cruz is known for training some of the best rookie race cars through her unconventional training methods.
what type of car is Lightning McQueen? He is not based on any particular type of vehicle, but seems to most closely resemble a C6 Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Viper. His body is painted red with yellow and orange lightning bolt stickers featuring his racing number on his sides.
Tex is a 1975 Cadillac Coupe De Ville. His license plate reads Dinoco. The performance stats are: Top speed is 115 mph (185 km/h) with no governor/limiter.
The only car model that Pixar has named as an inspiration for Finn is the 1958 Peerless GT, a British sports car, which was the only British sports car they found that featured tailfins.
Dinoco may have been based on the Sinclair Oil Corporation (incidentally, the namesake for the Sinclair family in the TV sitcom Dinosaurs), which also uses an Apatosaurus in its logo.
Sterling is a Revere Motors Model AG, a car based on the BMW CS Vintage Concept. His paintjob consists of silver and chrome. His license plate reads "STER-LING" and above it states "Illinoil".
Strip is based on a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with a 426 cubic inch hemi (about seven liters) engine, the same model Richard Petty drove. The Superbird was a heavily modified version of the Plymouth Road Runner, specifically designed for stock car racing. Its radical design was later banned by NASCAR.
His name is a possible reference to actor Carl Weathers. Cal's number, 42, could be a reference to 1942, the year Lynda Petty, Kyle Petty's mother and voice of Cal's aunt Lynda Weathers, was born.
Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500 who runs the local tire shop, Luigi's Casa Della Tires, “Home of the Leaning Tower of Tires.” He loves changing tires for racecars like Lightning McQueen, but nothing makes him happier than when a real Ferrari comes through his door.
Although it is commonly believed that the tow truck “Mater” from 2011 Palme d'or winner Cars 2 is named for a tomato, the name is actually meant to allude to the character's insatiable sexual appetite. He is, above all else, a mater.
Mater returns in Cars 3 but in a smaller role compared to the first two films. In the first scene he is next to McQueen and tells everyone around to keep quiet so McQueen is ready for the race.
Disney and Pixar's Cars may have hit theaters in the summer of 2006, but production of the film started many years earlier, with production designer Bob Pauley first sketching the film's female protagonist, Sally Carrera, in 2002. As her surname suggests, Sally is an anthropomorphic Porsche 911 Carrera.
His number was originally 57, a reference to Lasseter's birth year, but was changed to 95, referencing the release year of Pixar's first film Toy Story.
Strip Weather's number, 43, is a reference to former racer Richard Petty's racing number, 43. Despite being a racing veteran, The King, along with Chick Hicks, are the only Piston Cup racers to be based on older vehicles, as the rest of the Piston Cup racers are based on the current NASCAR stock car type vehicles.
Anticipation for Cars 4 is high, but Disney has not addressed any details for the movie. Producers have shown openness to expanding the franchise, with potential for a new lightning McQueen narrative. Story details remain a mystery, focusing on potential Cruz Ramirez involvement and moving away from McQueen.
In Cars 3, it is revealed that Mater and Holley's relationship is still going very strong and at the end of Cars 3, Mater distracts Sterling by mentioning that he has church flaps, hinting that he's someday getting married to Holley Shiftwell. He still loves her unconditionally and she still loves him unconditionally.
Who is he: Strip Weathers, aka The King, is a 1970 Superbird who has, you guessed it, won more series races than any other car in history. His paint scheme is the Dinoco Blue (which looks amazingly like Petty Blue) and he wears No. 43.
