Talk:List of Cars characters

Other possible models for Wingo and Boost

When I look at these models, I see Boost as a 90s Toyota Supra and Wingo and a Mistubishi Evo VII of VIII. The biggest nod I think is the rear tail lights on both cars. The Supra has very unique tail lights and Boost matches these perfectly, the same as Wingo, his rear lights are simular to the Evo's rear lights. Anyway, I'm not going to change the page unless I can get enough people to agree with me on this.

First race Official Car.

The track official in the first race, who goes to examine the finish tape while the SUV is telling everyone to go away, appears to be either a Mazda 323F (aka Lantis), or the Mazda 6 5-door. The taillamps lead me to believe the second one.MattA1GP 01:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Images

Could we try and get images for each of the cars? --WestJet 15:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that would be a great idea, to improve the article. -AMK152 20:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll try. --ANNAfoxlover

I've gotten a few pictures, but some of them are not very good. I've gotten GOOD pictures for the following cars: Lightning McQueen, Mack, The King, Chick, Sally, Lizzie, Doc, Mia, and Tia. How are they? ANNAfoxlover 22:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

"How are they?" That's a question we can only answer if we can see those pictures you have. -dogman15 21:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm a fanatic of this film. My computer at home (not this school computer) has a bunch of artwork and screenshots from the film. If you need a picture, I'm your man, but I'm still a bit aprehensive about all those copyright issues, if you know what I mean. -dogman15 21:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Seriously, may I add pictures of: (and I'd like an answer and/or vote)

1. Leakless #52
2. Mario Andretti #11
3. Nitroade #28
4. RPM #64
5. Fred (BTW, I have two pictures of him: official, and screenshot from Rust-eze tent. Which one?)
6. The Rust-eze brothers
7. Darrell and Bob (announcers)
8. Kori Turbowitz
9. Michael Schumacher
10. Mrs. The King
11. Tex (Also two pictures, like Fred. Which one?)

Also, even though we don't need them here, I thought I'd say I also have pictures of Lightning's other paintjobs, Ramone's other looks, Hamm, the Abominable Snowman, Mike and Sulley, a tractor, a night picture of Frank, young Mater, Buzz and Woody, and (for the Doc Hudson or Fabulous Hudson Hornet articles,) Doc in his old racing paintjob. And yes, I did get most of these from the official website. I will not be offended if you vote against this, but if you guys say it's okay, I'll have a lot of uploading to do. WestJet, AMK152, and ANNAfoxlover are the main Wikipedians who are with this. Will this be too much of a copyright nightmare? Should this happen?
(And yes, I do have pictures of all these characters, plus a plethora of regular screenshots... -dogman15 05:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay that's it. It's been almost 24 hours, and even though I didn't warn you, no one's responded. I'm going to upload these pictures (you may delete them later if you wish), and substantially improve this list-class article. -dogman15 03:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and ANNAfoxlover, what about all the pictures you have? -dogman15 03:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Please respond to this question: Do we already/still have pictures of DJ, Boost, Wingo, and Snot Rod? Or were they deleted? Either way, I think their pictures should also get back into this list-class article. As you'd expect, I have these pictures on my computer, but I am cautious to upload them without further consent. -dogman15 04:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Delinquent Road Hazards: Ages and Wingo's model and writing.

I've been filing through the change history for the article, and I kept seeing that the DRHs kept going back and forth between their teens and 20s, and Wingo go from Nissan Silvia to Honda Accord and back, and Wingo's writing going between インポート (inpōto; Japanese for "import"), and Witi-H. What's going on here?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kanjilearner (talk • contribs) .

Re-Volting Car

The Re-Volting car is a #84, because I have "The Art of Cars" and it has unshaded rendered models of the other racecars, the Re-Volting car has an 84 on it, like the Apple Computers car.

Just a reminder that there is a #74 car that is yellow, it is the one that has the camera mounted on his back that McQueen looks into. --Imax80 22:43, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Pixar Spoofs?

This entries in the list of characters:

• Woody = Ford Woodie wagon
• Buzz Lightyear = Toy Spaceship Car
• Flik = 1966 Volkswagen "Bug"
• Mike Wazowski = Isetta
• Sulley = Monster Truck
• Abominable = Snowplow Snowcat
• Hamm = small SUV
• P.T. Flea = Unknown Car

Are they correct? I'll see the movie again. I don't remember them. Arabigo 12:56, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• As I recall, they were at the end (maybe during the closing credits) when the film's characters were at a drive-in or some such, watching what was essentially a recreation of these characters (complete with original voices) as if they had been performed by cars instead of toys, monsters, etc. Wahkeenah 13:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Reorganisation?

I think this article could do with some reorganisation. I propose we arrange it like this:

• Rust-eze Team
  • Lightning, Mack, Harv, Rust-eze Brothers
    • I don't think Doc should be considered part of it, because that's a spoiler.
• The King
• Chick Hicks
• Possibly Mia and Tia?
• Radiator Springs population
  • All twelve cars still in Radiator Springs, and possibly Stanley
  • Frank and the Tractors
• The Delinquent Road Hazards
• Piston Cup Cars
  • Other Race Cars
  • Announcers
  • Officials
  • Reporters
  • Fans (Merge with Motorhomes)
    • Mia and Tia here if not above
• Other Cars
  • Merge Superstars, SUVs and Other
• Pixar Spoofs
• Characters only seen in the games?

The misc section with fantasies/off screen characters should be removed.

I also believe we should minimize, wherever possible, specualtion about what model a particular car is.

What are your thoughts? Should I do this? RMS Oceanic 18:34, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

NO!!! PLEASE, NO!!! ANYTHING BUT THAT!!! NO!!! ANNAfoxlover 22:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Scion?

Is DJ a Scion? He IS a bit boxy, but I doubt he's a Scion. The headlights are different, the body is angular and less boxy than an xB, it's a two door, the height is too short, and the wheelwells are impossibly big to be a Scion.

Instead, I believe he might be a 93 Honda Civic SiR II. Look at a 93 Civic and compare to DJ. The cars are almost identical.

I vote to change his classification.

Also posted in the disscusion section of The Delinquent Road Hazards.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.18.110.233 (talk • contribs) .

Have you ever heard of factory models being MODIFIED into race cars? Same thing here. I've looked at it close, and DJ is close enough to a Scion xB such that we need not be too concerned about it. BTW: MODIFIED Corvette is often cited as Lightning McQueen's source, but my son says it resembles more a Dodge Viper. I agree with him, but I'm not too concerned if anyone else wants to see Lightning as a modified Corvette. Rpaltza 21:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Rpaltza

Boost and Wingo

I'm not sure about the current classifications. To me, Boost looks more like a modified newer-model Viper, especially if you look at the taillights and the angular shape of the headlights. Wingo also resembles a Mid-90's Civic more than a Silvia S15, to me. T1g4h 04:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

One P.T. Flea Car, Many Voices

The credits at the movie info sites (c.f. http://www.hollywood.com/movies/fulldetail/id/1750902 ) list about 40 people as voices for the P. T. Flea Car, including John Ratzenberger. Can anyone explain this, and should the article include the explanation if it is of interest? Carboncopy 15:26, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I have two guesses -- humorous outtakes or special feature on the DVD where various crew members recite P.T. Flea's lines to the film animation, or a clerical error where "miscellaneous voices" all got credited as P.T. Flea Car for some reason. I think it's fairly likely that forty people weren't all credited as P.T. Flea Car in the theatrical credits. Powers ^T 15:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

Okay, seriously, it features only two cars, neither of which are even seen in the movie, and are only mentioned, what, once? Do we -really- need this section? T1g4h 13:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Nope. I've removed it twice already. Consider this number three. RMS Oceanic 14:24, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Right-o. I'll be on the lookout in case it gets re-added then. T1g4h 14:42, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Concerning spelling typos: I have noticed that the text uses the word "bares" when the proper verb "bears" should be used, such as: "#__ car BEARS a resemblance to ..." Please edit the text accordingly. Thank you. Rpaltza 20:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Rpaltza

Mayfield??

I was playing the video game and after a piston cup race it happened that a car named Mayfield finished 2nd behind me. Does anybody know this mayfield?? Fishhead 9:27PM, December 25, 2006 UTC

Car Exhibitionism

Way down in the section part for Mia & Tia it reads: in fact they look like McQueen and ( in one of the most risque moments of the movie) show him their "headlights" (a common euphemism for breasts) when they meet him,; is this even verifiable? I highly doubt that the headlight-breast thing was intended (much less thought of) by the writers. Furthermore since they are seen booing/abandoning Chick Hicks at the end, it sounds to me that Mia & Tia have social standards and wouldn't resort to "boob-flashing" (pardon my french). That and my long ramble said, should this be removed? -WarthogDemon 01:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes. dogman15 21:03, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Getting Rid Of Gender

I am currently getting rid of "he" "his" and what not in the list of car racers, whom we don't know the gender of. Granted, all the racers COULD be male, but there's no evidence that suggests that they are indeed all male. -WarthogDemon 20:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

On the contrary; they are all male. Male cars have eyelids separated by notches; females have curved eyelids. All of the racers are male.

That would make Mater a girl. -WarthogDemon 04:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense; Mater's eyes are separated by a notch just like any other male. For further identifiers, male's eyelids are occasionally different heights, and all females have black eyeliner. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.224.53.218 (talk) 03:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

Exactly. You guys nailed it on the dot. Male and Female cars have different eyes. :-) -dogman15 21:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I'd refrain from calling it "eyeliner". The way girls' eyes look it merely the Pixar's artists' way of rendering the eyelids, to distinguish. -dogman15 05:31, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

That yellow and blue car

Here is one car you have forgot to mention in this page, at the start there is a stock car racer that has a yellow and blue color scheme that resemble Dale Earnhardt's Wrangler Jeans sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo of his early days, and in the film it was involved in a multi-car pile up. Trouble is I can't input much information of this car as I have already taken the DVD back to the video store, so thats all I can mention, feel free to mention that if you have more info. Willirennen 17:08, 3 January 2007 (utc)

Delinquent Road Hazards section needs rename

That title is a fan created neologism that never appeared in the film and is really not suitable for an encyclopedia. Tagged for WP:OR. It needs another name.--Isotope23 21:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

...and pertaining to Wingo, I removed the model section as original research. Who is debating this? You either need a reliable source that establishes the model, or it should be stated that "Wingo has an appearance similar to a Japanese import vehicle".--Isotope23 21:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

How so? It is mentioned in the video game at least. And I think *I think* I heard the Sheriff mutter the phrase under his breath during the movie (though I admit I could be wrong about that part.) At any rate, this shouldn't be considered Original Research. Though perhaps there should be an opening sentence stating that the name comes from the video game. -WarthogDemon 23:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

In the videogame it refers to a board, not specifically to these characters as a group. I don't remember that part from the movie either, though I don't have a copy in front of me. That's the problem here, outside of Wikipedia, mirrors, and fan sites there are no reliable sources that refer to these characters by that name.--Isotope23 01:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I am fully aware of Delinquent Road Hazards not being their official name, but in the absence of a collective name, what do you propose? I wrote in their individual article that the name is taken from the game, and is only used to identify the gang. RMS Oceanic 11:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't have a good suggestion off the top of my head, which I why I posted this here. Leaving it with a neologism name that is unsourced isn't a good idea, but I'm open to discussion about what it should be named instead. Perhaps an request for comment would be helpful. The individual article on these characters was deleted because the concept of these characters as a group with this name couldn't be reliably sourced.--Isotope23 14:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

"The Delinquent Road Hazards" was a name given to DJ, Wingo, Boost, and Snot Rod, by Pixar employees AFTER the movie came out in theaters. ANNAfoxlover 22:49, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Can this actually be reliably sourced?--Isotope23 03:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

CHIBI and other facts

CHIBI - She is far from MAZDA AZ-1, the coupe car with wedged styling and gullwing doors. She rather look like AUTOZAM REVUE (MAZDA 121) if to pick from MAZDA lineups.

DJ - I know a better look alike than SCION XB. I recommend JDM HONDA S-MX which is boxy, have three door body type, grill less faced and small. It targeted youth just like XB.

There are also some more informations that the page should have.

PISTON CUP is fought by 43 cars. (MCQUEEN says there are 42 losers.)

Number 74 Sidewall shine - He had the hip live camera in DINOCO 400.

The boy - Little one waving toy plane at the tie break race, is a rare sample of "child" car. Two cars on both sides of him may be his parents, as the boy's purple color is the mixture of those two. (red x blue)

The director - He is the person that found HUDSON HORNET in the circuit and cued cameras and announcers to pick.

PISTON CUP letter cars - The cars that formed alphabets on tie break race.

Okay, first, we never see the doors, so it is imposible to tell if it has gullwing doors or not. Second, Honda never made an S-MX.Hondasaregood 22:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Honda did make S-MX, I have picture of it here. http://www.honda.co.jp/news/1996/images/smx_lowdown.gif

Also, The CHIBI car is in NO WAY an AZ-1, its rear is a vertical, upright area, which means hatchback. Also, the AZ-1 has black a-pillars, and a glass/black roof, which the Japanese Reporter doesn't have. http://www.jcars.ca/photos/mazda_az1.jpg MattA1GP 01:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

"We never see the doors," is false, I believe, because the cars in the film do have doors, but they are never used as there are no humans in this universe. -dogman15 21:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Governator, Arnie or not?

This page claims at one point that Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced the Hummer "Governator", but later claims it was an uncredited impersonator. Can't be both. Fjbfour 12:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Since we don't know for certain, I think we can only say that he's obviously styled after Schwarzenegger. RMS Oceanic 21:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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Who voiced the Governator in the Disney/Pixar film Cars?

A Arnold Schwarzenegger
B A Pixar animator's imitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger
C A Disney person's imitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger
D Me

What is your final answer? (NO LIFELINES LEFT!!!)

| My final answer is...A.

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Care to provide some proof of that? Without proof, we can't make that claim. RMS Oceanic 09:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Motorhome Voices

The article claims that Mater Keever does the voice of McQueen's Biggest Fan and that Larry Benton does the voices of Yahoo and Right. It's the other way around. Mater does Yahoo and Right, and Larry does the Biggest Fan. In the "inspiration" documentary, we see them both. Keever has a Southern accent, Benton doesn't. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.59.60.173 (talk) 04:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC).