Cars - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Cars or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Cars

[christina]

One racing car, #84, is white, with the Apple logo. Apple released the Macintosh, which revolutionized Apple as a company, in 1984. Pixar was previously owned by Steve Jobs, the ex CEO of Apple.

[lynn]

Every time the lyrics "Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino" are sung during the song Route 66, bumper stickers baring the respective names are shown in the corresponding order. The first time with Chuck Berry's version when Lizzie slaps them on Lightning's bumper when he is shopping at her Curios shop and the second time with John Mayer's version when Fred shows them off from right side, back, and left side during the end credits.

[kyle]

The crowd scene at the Piston Cup showdown at the end, features one hundred five thousand separately animated cars, including thirteen thousand cars entering the stadium alone.

[russell]

The Piston Cup commentators, Bob Cutlass and Darrell Cartrip, are based on and voiced by real sport commentators, Bob Costas and Darrell Waltrip respectively, whose names were "vehiclized" to create the corresponding characters (Cutlass is an Oldsmobile model).

[edgar]

Rascal Flatts are the first country group to release a Disney soundtrack.

[tamara]

Every third blink of the stoplight in Radiator Springs really is slower by half a second, confirming Fillmore's observation.

[norma]

During the end credits, car versions of characters in the films Toy Story (1995), Monsters, Inc. (2001), and A Bug's Life (1998) are shown at the drive-in cinema. There, Mack notes the car versions of the characters that were voiced by John Ratzenberger (Hamm, the Yeti, and P.T. Flea) in those respective films, giving his impressions that whoever voices them is "one great actor", until realizing they used the same actor in all the movies stating "What kind of a cut-rate production is this?" (he too was unassumingly voiced by Ratzenberger as well). In addition, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Dave Foley were all brought back to reprise their roles as the car versions of their respective characters. Originally there were going to be two more cameos; one from The Incredibles (2004) and one from Finding Nemo (2003). In the cameo from The Incredibles Craig T Nelson and Holly Hunter would have reprised their roles as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl as cars, and John Ratzenberger would have reprised his role as The Underminer as a drill tank. In the Finding Nemo cameo Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres would have reprised their roles as Marlin and Dory as submarines and John Ratzenberger would have reprised his school of moonfish role as submarines. Additionally the cameo from The Incredibles would be set between the cameo from Toy Story and the cameo from Monsters Inc. and the cameo from Finding Nemo would have been set between the cameo from Monsters Inc. and the cameo from A Bug's Life.

[bessie]

When seen from above, the hills around Radiator Springs resemble the hoods and fenders (complete with ornaments) of classic cars.

[cassandra]

The film's animators drew up over forty-three thousand sketches for designs of the cars.

[janice]

The two lost tourists are both vehicles of the "minivan" type. Fittingly, their names are Van and Minny.

[jesus]

Michael Keaton: Voice of the security guard who yells "Hey, no press" during the instant replay sequence after the first race. He did this voice cameo, as well as voicing Chick Hicks.

[dustin]

Is Pixar's second film to not release in November. June, the month, in which this movie released, would be the standard month, in which each Pixar film in the future would release, with the exceptions of Up (2009), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Coco (2017), and Onward (2020).

[ruby]

The Michael Schumacher Ferrari, voiced by Michael Schumacher, speaks Italian to Guido, saying, "Spero che il tuo amico si riprenda. Mi dicono che siete fantastici." This translates to "I hope your friend recovers. I was told that you are fantastic."

[aaron]

When Mater and Lightning McQueen tip over the cow tractors, as the tractors are upended, they give off an electronic "Moo!" sound. The electronic "Moo!" is taken from Milky the Marvelous Milking Cow, a Kenner toy introduced in 1978. Milky the Marvelous Milking Cow would raise her head and give off an electronic "Moo!" sound when you moved her tail like a pump handle.

[caroline]

The epilogue sequence, which shows in a small window during the final credits, is also included as a full-picture bonus on the DVD.

[nina]

The cars race for the "Piston Cup". From 1972 through 2003, NASCAR's premier series was called the Winston Cup Series. It was sponsored by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette brand Winston.

[ella]

The scene with the song "Life is a Highway", by Rascal Flatts, where Lightning McQueen rides in Mack, is on Interstate 40 through New Mexico and Arizona.

[bryan]

The character "Fillmore" was at one time to be named "Waldmire" after Bob Waldmire, a self-proclaimed hippie artist known to Route 66 fans for his detailed pen-and-ink maps and postcards of the route. Though Waldmire's family owns the Cozy Dog Drive-In in Springfield, Illinois, Bob, now a vegan, preferred not have his name put on a character that would become a Happy Meal toy.

[steve]

When Lightning McQueen finally gets pulled over by the Sheriff after destroying the road, the Sheriff says, "Boy, you're in a heap o' trouble", the signature line from Dodge commercials featuring Joe Higgins as the Sheriff, which aired in the early 1970s.