John Lasseter, the director of the first two films, told the Los Angeles Times that he and his team had designed McQueen with a mix between a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer in mind, "with some Lola and some [Ford] GT40.”
While McQueen is certainly partly inspired by the C6. R Corvette, his bodywork is an original design inspired by many different race cars, but mainly based on the Generation 4 NASCARs that made up the top level Stock Car field when the movie was released in 2006.
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.
Lighting McQueen is modeled after the Chevrolet Corvette C1 and the Chevrolet Corvette C6. However, if you were to ask McQueen himself, he would probably say something along the lines of a "2006 Custom-Built Piston Cup Racing stock car."
McQueen doesn't look much like a BRZ. His proportions were loosely based on the standard NASCAR design in use when the movie was made, with subtle influences from the Corvette C6, Dodge Viper, and Ford GT40.
While McQueen is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, the artists mixed and matched elements of the Chevrolet Corvette C6 and Corvette C1.
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.
Lightning McQueen Is A Combination Of Different Kinds Of Cars. The design of Lightning McQueen in Cars isn't based on any particular kind of car. Cars director John Lasseter described Lightning McQueen's design as “a hybrid between a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer” (via the Los Angeles Times).
Sally is a beautiful baby blue Porsche who fell in love with small town life in Radiator Springs. She runs the Cozy Cone, is the town attorney, and is dedicated to preserving her favorite place to live. She loves cruisin' in the slow lane with Lightning McQueen.
The Hudson Hornet is a full-size car manufactured by Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan from 1951 until 1954, when Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merged to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). Hudson automobiles continued to be marketed under the Hudson brand name through the 1957 model year.
It takes until sunset to get it right. McQueen's top speed is gauged at 198 mph, which is still slower than Storm. He decides to head to Thunder Hollow which has a dirt track, but when Luigi gets worried about the press finding him there, Mack assures him he can give Lightning a disguise.
She takes some inspiration from the Jaguar F-Type, Chevrolet Corvette C7, and the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. While training with McQueen, Cruz has a yellow livery with the Rust-eze Racing Center emblem on her doors.
John Lasseter, the director of the first two films, told the Los Angeles Times that he and his team had designed McQueen with a mix between a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer in mind, "with some Lola and some [Ford] GT40.”
Lightning McQueen is based on a BMW 2000CS, but instead, he sports a Cadillac badge. He has a 1.6-liter engine with 300 HP which suggest that he also takes influence from the 2011 WRC cars unveiled. He is a red 2006 rookie race car sponsored by Rust-eze, and has won 7 Piston Cups since his debut in the 2006 season.
We previously thought that character was a pure electric vehicle, but a second video reveals that Storm is actually a hybrid described as being "part of the next generation of high-tech racers."
His self proclaimed gifted skill is driving backwards really well when the other car-people have a hard time managing to do that perfect. Also John Lasseter said that Mater is this idiot-savant when it comes to minute rare car parts. The term 'idiot-savant' is an old term for someone who is an autistic savant.
Chick is a 1979 Shyster Cremlin, a fictional car based on and designed after a 1986 Buick Grand National (Regal GNX). 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.
Love interests. Mater's current and continuing girlfriend is Holley Shiftwell, a spy he met and had a crush on during his travels in Tokyo, Italy and London in 2011.
Apparently, the animators at Pixar drew influences from many sources to create McQueen's final design. However, the two major car models he is based on are – the Chevrolet Corvette C1 (produced between 1953-1962) and the Chevrolet Corvette C6 (produced between 2004-2013).
The King is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with a 426 Hemi V8 engine, the car Richard Petty drove. The Plymouth Superbird was a heavily modified version of the Plymouth Road Runner, specifically designed for stock car racing.
His Maximum Performance V-8 engine with 850 horsepower is responsible for his ability to reach 0-60 in 3.6 seconds, as well as his top speed of 214 miles per hour. Storm is painted in a black livery, with his doors sporting a design resembling a thick blue lightning bolt.
