List of Cars characters
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Cars is a media franchise including the 2006 film Cars, the 2011 film Cars 2, the 2017 film Cars 3, the 2022 series Cars on the Road, the 2013 film Planes, and the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue. This page is a list of characters that have appeared in the franchise.
Piston Cup Championship
Lightning McQueen
Montgomery "Monty" McQueen, more commonly called Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films, Cars on the Road, video game adaption, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, and Lego The Incredibles, Ben Rausch in Cars 3: Driven to Win, and Keith Ferguson in Cars Toons and most video games), is a 2006 custom-built race car who competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series, with 95 as his racing number. His design is a hybrid of Generation 4 NASCAR vehicles and Le Mans endurance racers. Lightning was initially very arrogant until becoming stranded in Radiator Springs on U.S. Route 66, where he learned about the importance of humility. He has since taken permanent residence there and has made the town the site of his racing headquarters. He is Mater’s best friend and is Sally's boyfriend. His signature catchphrases are "ka-chow" and "I am speed", which have become synonymous with the Cars franchise as a whole.
Mack
Mack (voiced by John Ratzenberger, whose father drove a Mack truck) is a modified 1985 Mack Super-Liner class 8 truck who serves as Lightning's loyal transporter. After the Dinoco 400, Lightning convinces Mack to drive all night to the tie-breaker race in Los Angeles despite that federal DOT regulations grant Mack ten hours to rest.
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