Real Life Cars
— March 20, 2008
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
Doc Hudson
1951 Hudson Hornet
Sally
2002 Porche 911
Mater
Galena, Kansas - 1951 International boom truck
Ramone
1959 Impala
Sarge
1942 WW2 Willy’s Army Jeep
Fillmore
1960 VW Bus
Luigi
1959 Fiat 500
Sheriff
1949 Mercury Police Cruiser (coupe)
Mack
1985 Mack Super-Liner
Lizzie
1923 Ford Model-T
Tex
1975 Cadillac Coupe De Ville
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari F430
Darrell Cartrip
1977 Monte Carlo
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!