Real Life Cars

The following is a photo guide showing the real cars that the Cars characters were based on. John Lasseter, the director of Cars, is a huge car buff. When the Pixar team was preparing to make the movie Cars, the took trips on Route 66 in order to conduct research for the movie. Much of the movie was also based in Nascar history. Below I have included the Cars character name with a picture of the car that character was based on or inspired by.

King

Richard Petty Roadrunner Plymouth Superbird 1970

Richard Petty Roadrunner Plymouth Superbird 1970

Doc Hudson

1951 Hudson Hornet

1951 Hudson Hornet

Sally

2002 Porche 911

2002 Porche 911

Mater

1951 International boom truck

Galena, Kansas - 1951 International boom truck

Ramone

1959 Impala

1959 Impala

Sarge

1942 WW2 Willy’s Army Jeep

1942 WW2 Willy’s Army Jeep

Fillmore

1960 VW Bus

1960 VW Bus

Luigi

1959 Fiat 500

1959 Fiat 500

Sheriff

1949 Mercury Police Cruiser (coupe)

1949 Mercury Police Cruiser (coupe)

Mack

1985 Mack Super-Liner

1985 Mack Super-Liner

Lizzie

1923 Ford Model-T

1923 Ford Model-T

Tex

1975 Cadillac Coupe De Ville

1975 Cadillac Coupe De Ville

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari F430

Ferrari F430

Darrell Cartrip

1977 Monte Carlo

1977 Monte Carlo

Leave a Comment

1 Comment for “Real Life Cars”

Sharilyn Mutulo

Oh, so this is what Sheriff looks like without the siren! Heh heh! ;)

They all look nice. I especially like the Hudson Hornet. They’re all great!

I’ve always been John Lassetter’s Cars movie fan. He did a great job, him and Pixar! Keep the cars comin’, boys! ;)

Leave a Reply