Disney and Pixar’s 2006 movie Cars brought us so many fun loving characters based on real cars! The Cars franchise consists of 3 films and several shorts. I am a huge Disney and Pixar fan so these movies have been a favorite of mine for some time now. My nephew is the biggest Mater fan I know.
Cars is about a racer, Lightning McQueen who ends up falling out of his transport vehicle Mack. He finds himself in a small quaint town, Radiator Springs off of the famous Route 66. He accidentally damages the main road in the town and has to repair it before he is allowed to leave. Lightning is in a huge rush to leave this little town because he is going to a race where he has a chance of winning the Piston Cup. While he is in Radiator Springs, he has a very doom and gloom outlook and is not happy being there. The people of this small town begin to grow on him and he realizes how important friendship is. He gains his new best friend Mater there and a whole new family.
Being that these cars are animated you might not think they are based off of anything in real life. Well, they really are! Some of the cars like Lightning are a mixture of a few different things. To make Lightning, the studio took inspiration from the C1 and C6 Chevy Corvette! Lightning’s girlfriend Sally, is a slightly modified Porsche 911 Carrera. Mater, the fun loving tow truck is based off two different trucks, a 1951 International Harvester and a Chevy Boom Truck. Mack, the transport vehicle and old friend of Lightning is based off a 1985 Mack Super-Liner. I think it is so cool to see how these animated favorites are based on real life cars!
We were at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center, hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars! Thank you for reading and have a great rest of your week.
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