Daily Pixar cars fact #352: Rip Clutchgoneski, a car in cars 2, who was originally intended to die and instead was just terribly injured, comes from the fictional country of New Rearendia, and is also orange, and also looks like this too.
Where was Cars 2 filmed? Along the way Mater is mistaken for an American agent and becomes caught up in a global spy conspiracy that takes him, and the story, to Tokyo, London, Paris and a new city created for the film, an Italian spot called Porto Corsa.
With his striking metallic black and yellow paint scheme, Lewis will represent Great Britain at the World Grand Prix. His car also carries the flag of Grenada, home to his family who emigrated to Britain in the 1950s.
The unsolved mystery of Rip Clutchgoneski from Cars 2
Who is the German car in Cars 2?
In Cars 2, Max Schnell is one of the eleven world's famous race cars that compete in the World Grand Prix, a three-race competition between racing superstars from all over the world, with Schnell representing Germany.
Jeff Gorvette is one of the greatest American racecars alive today. Donning the stars and stripes of his country's flag, the #24 Corvette C6. R has proven his ability to succeed on the big ovals and the road courses of the Grand Touring Sports circuits.
According to the Cars: Character Encyclopedia book, Rip was actually meant to die during the first World Grand Prix race, hence his name being Rip (Rest in Peace) and Clutchgoneski (Clutch Gone in the Sky); however, his fate was changed so he only suffered a blown engine and was able to continue racing.
Memo Rojas has his paint job based on a Mexican flag, without the coat of arms. He is based on, named after and voiced by Mexican race car driver Memo Rojas Jr. While Memo is shown to have no number in Cars 2, his Disney Store die-cast depicts him with the number 14 for the Ice Racers line of die-casts.
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.
Cars.com has an exclusive reveal of one of the new faces (er, fascias?) that will join Lightning McQueen and Mater on screen. Max Schnell is an ordinary German luxury sedan turned racecar.
Lightning begins as a talented but cocky rookie in the Piston Cup racing series who becomes stranded in the small town of Radiator Springs, where he learns about humility and friendship from the locals. Over his professional racing career he wins several Piston Cup victories.
Bio. Finn McMissile is a british superspy who works for the agency CHROME. He is assigned to investigate who is behind Allinol Oil, which is causing cars to break down during the prestigious World Grand Prix. He is partners with Holley Shiftwell and eventually recruits Mater to assist in his mission.
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.
John Turturro as Francesco Bernoulli, McQueen's main racing rival from Italy. Eddie Izzard as Sir Miles Axlerod, a British "electric" car who created Allinol and the World Grand Prix.
DJ is a Reko-do Spinner, a model that closely resembles a 2004 Scion xB, also known as a Toyota bB in Japan. He has a large tuner spoiler and built in subwoofers and speakers. He is painted completely blue, with green lining on his doors. He also has volume indicators in his rims, as shown when he drives.
Ramone is a character from the Cars film series by Disney and Pixar. He speaks with a Mexican accent and is voiced by Cheech Marin. A running Gag in Cars 1 is that Ramone likes to paint, so in the movie, he is seen in different colors.
Flo is simply based on a Motorama Show Girl, modeled after a 1957 GM Motorama Show Car. She is a modified 1955 Lincoln Futura with large tail fins. Her license plate reads "SHO GRL", a reference to the fact that she was a show girl before she came to Radiator Springs.
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.
Chick is a 1979 Shyster Cremlin, a fictional car based on and designed after a 1981 Buick Regal in NASCAR form. Chick is painted green, with the number 86 painted on his doors, and has yellow rims.
The highly anticipated Disney. Pixar's Cars 2 will race into cinemas June 23, 2010, but for Australian audiences this will include a character cameo role of 'Frosty' voiced by V8 Supercar driver Mark 'Frosty' Winterbottom.
Doc died prior to the events of Cars 2 (his voice actor, Paul Newman, died in 2008), although he continued to be remembered and referenced by Lightning, Mater, and the other cars.
