Derek Adams. "Cars". Time Out. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021 . Retrieved January 7, 2014. 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. Kenneth Turan. "MOVIE REVIEW - 'Cars' ". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 29, 2006.

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Dave Foley and John Ratzenberger reprise their vocal roles from previous Pixar films during an end-credits sequence featuring automobile spoofs of Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and A Bug's Life. [6] Cars was the final Pixar film worked on by Joe Ranft who died in a crash a year before the film's release, aged 45. [7] The film was the second to be dedicated to his memory, after Corpse Bride. The memorial showed the roles he had done in the other films directed by John Lasseter during the credits. [8] This is also the last (non-documentary) movie for Paul Newman before his retirement in 2007 and his death in 2008. [9] It turned out to be the highest-grossing film of his career. [9] Production Development Writer and director John Lasseter in 2009 At one point, Aiken Axler appears at the Shiny Wax pit stop when he should be at the Nitroade pit stop.During McQueen's heyday, Tex Dinoco is shown to be still openly courting McQueen to join Dinoco, even when his current Dinoco recruit Cal Weathers is within earshot. Later, when Cruz Ramirez and Lightning McQueen jointly win the Florida 500, Tex Dinoco enlists Ramirez to race for Dinoco, and eventually buys Rust-eze from Sterling to have all relevant assets under the same roof, and allowing McQueen to race for him as well. Drip (voiced by Matt L. Jones) is a smokejumper equipped with a skid-steer claw to clear fallen trees and brush. [31] Doc bitterly refuses to reveal much more about his past (despite Lightning witnessing him expertly drifting through the loose dirt of Willy's Butte where Lightning crashed), labeling his old trophies as "a bunch of empty cups".

On closed captioning in the epilogue when the Delinquent Road Hazards pass by Sheriff, the B is mistakenly capitalized in the word "blaring". The opening race at Motor Speedway contains 60,000 cars seated in the audience while an additional 700 are in the infields and aisles. In comparison, the final race at Los Angeles International Speedway has 100,000 cars seated and 1,500 in the infields, plus an additional 13,000 entering the stadium to find seats. [9] Films: You've Got a Friend in Me • Strange Things • I Will Go Sailing No More • Woody's Roundup • When She Loved Me • We Belong Together • Dream Weaver • Le Freak • Battlesaurs Theme • The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy • I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away • Livin' Thing • Gravity • The Star-Spangled BannerThis article or section has been marked as being under construction, indicating parts are unfinished or inaccurate. Please help contribute by adding photos and information, correcting mistakes, and improving the overall quality. According to Car Finder, Lynda is a 1975 Family Estate Wagon 426 C.I. Hemi Motor. She also resembles a 1974 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon, which is what the Petty family would travel in to watch Richard Petty compete in his races. As a Disney Movie Club exclusive format, this was the last Disney and Pixar movie to be released on VHS.

Character-driven Cars a major coupe for Pixar". Houston Chronicle. June 9, 2006. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014 . Retrieved January 7, 2014. Lightning McQueen's initial frustrations with being in Radiator Springs, and then gradually warming up to the town as he learns about it later on, is strongly reminiscent of Dr. Joel Fleishman and his experiences in Cicely, Alaska, from the TV series Northern Exposure.

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Gallery [ ] For this subject's image gallery, see Strip Weathers/Gallery. Names in other languages [ ] a b "Pixar by the Numbers – From TOY STORY to MONSTERS UNIVERSITY". Collider. June 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013 . Retrieved January 7, 2014. Ferber, Taylor. "Who Is Cruz Ramirez In 'Cars 3'? Cristela Alonzo Is A Lot Like Her Trailblazing Character". Cars 2: Finn McMissile • Holley Shiftwell • Tony Trihull • Rod "Torque" Redline • Tomber • Miles Axlerod • Professor Zündapp • Grem • Acer • Francesco Bernoulli • Uncle Topolino • Mama Topolino • Jeff Gorvette • Lewis Hamiliton • Raoul ÇaRoule

The film was originally going to be released on November 4, 2005 but on December 7, 2004, Pixar changed the release date to June 9, 2006. The tires of Lightning McQueen and other race cars are Lightyear tires, which alludes both to the tire manufacturer Goodyear and to Buzz Lightyear. Ol' Jammer (voiced by Barry Corbin) is a tour bus at Piston Peak. He later was promoted as superintendent after Cad was fired from his selfishness. [31]Dinoco is based on the NASCAR, IndyCar, and airplane fuel corporation called "Sun-Oco", although Sun-Oco sponsors all NASCAR teams and drivers as primary fuel, not just one driver. The Brave Little Toaster (1987) • Valiant (2005) • The Wild (2006) • A Christmas Carol (2009) • Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) • Mars Needs Moms (2011) • Strange Magic (2015) • The Lion King (2019)