He won from his second to his last race to be champion of the Piston Cup at the Southern Speedway until the Los Angeles 500 for McQueen and the veterans to enjoy his retirement.

The Smurfette Principle: The male-to-female ratio is 9:3. In the first film, the racecar sponsoring RevNGo is actually the only woman competing in the Piston Cup, and in the sequel, Carla Veloso, the Brazilian racecar is the only woman competing in the World Grand Prix. In the threequel, Louise Nash was the only woman racer from Doc's time, and Cruz is the only woman racer in the Florida 500 after she takes over for Lightning. Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling mentions in the documentary J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life that the movie Cars is amongst her daughter's favorite films. Fish out of Water: McQueen, as he has to get accustomed to the very small town of Radiator Springs.In Disney Infinity, The King appears many times as a racing opponent. He also appears in some cut-scenes, including one where he talks to Luigi.

Cool Car: The entire cast. Moreso in the sequel — Finn McMissile (played by Michael Caine) is essentially James Bond in car form. Camera Abuse: At the end of The Stinger with Minny and Van, one of the VW "bugs" flies into the camera lens, leaving a smudge from its hood. Cars is the last film worked on by Joe Ranft, who died in a car accident in 2005. The film was the second to be dedicated to his memory, after Corpse Bride. This is also the last (non-documentary) movie for Paul Newman before his retirement in 2007 and his death in 2008. It turned out to be the highest-grossing film of his career.

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Species Title: If one counts cars as a "species". Or, for that matter, if one counts the planes referred to in the similarly-named spin-off. His Danish voice actor, Mads Mikkelsen also did the voice of Randall Boggs (who is another Pixar villain) in the Danish version of Monsters Inc.