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Cars is amedia franchise including the 2006 filmCars, the 2011 filmCars 2, the 2017 filmCars 3, the 2022 seriesCars on the Road, the 2013 filmPlanes, and the 2014 filmPlanes: Fire & Rescue. This page is a list of characters that have appeared in the franchise.
Lightning McQueen, known asMontgomery "Monty" McQueen before the events of theCars films, (voiced byOwen Wilson in the films,Cars on the Road,video game adaption,Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, andLego The Incredibles, Ben Rausch inCars 3: Driven to Win, andKeith Ferguson inCars Toons and most video games),[1] is a custom-built race car who competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series, with 95 as his racing number. His design is a hybrid ofGeneration 4 NASCAR vehicles andLe Mans endurance racers.[2] Lightning was initially arrogant and struggled with teamwork until becoming stranded in Radiator Springs onU.S. Route 66, where he learned about the importance of humility from the locals. He has since taken permanent residence there and has made the town the site of his racing headquarters. He is best friends withMater and isSally's boyfriend. His signature catchphrases are "ka-chow" and "I am speed", which have become synonymous with theCars franchise as a whole.
Mack (voiced byJohn Ratzenberger, whose father drove a Mack truck)[3] is a heavily modified 1985Mack Super-Linersleeper cab who serves as Lightning's loyaltransporter. After the Dinoco 400, Lightning convinces Mack to drive all night to the tie-breaker race inLos Angeles despitefederal DOT regulations which legally grant Mack ten hours of rest.[4] Mack struggles to stay awake as a result, with an ensuing mishap causing Lightning to fall out of Mack's trailer. Mack later arrives in Radiator Springs to retrieve Lightning after his location is revealed and takes residence there in the film's epilogue.
Sterling (voiced byNathan Fillion[5]) is a wealthy business car who briefly becomes the new owner of Rust-eze Bumper Ointment inCars 3. He resembles a modernized 1968BMW E9. After meeting Lightning, Sterling assigns Cruz to train him and prepare him for the Florida 500. After watching Lightning's poor performance on the racing simulator, Sterling attempts to force him into retirement. Lightning agrees to retire if he loses the upcoming Florida 500, but otherwise keeps his right to decide. After Lightning and Cruz both win the Florida 500, Cruz declines Sterling's offer to race for him and accepts Tex Dinoco instead, who purchases Rust-eze from Sterling.
Cruz Ramirez (voiced byCristela Alonzo)[6] is Lightning's trainer and technician at the Rust-eze Racing Center. She is a yellow high-performancesports car that resembles aJaguar F-Type andChevrolet Corvette (C7). Cruz is known for training some of the best rookie race cars through her unconventional training methods. After Sterling introduces Cruz to Lightning, he assigns her to train Lightning for the Florida 500. At the Florida 500, Sterling orders Cruz back to the racing center to train one of the rookies. Lightning overhears the exchange on his radio and exits the race to allow Cruz to take his place, giving her a chance to become a racer. Using what she learned from Lightning and Smokey, Cruz catches up to Jackson Storm. Storm is furious at the thought of a standard production car beating him in a race and rams Cruz into the wall on the final lap, but she manages to evade him and wins. Cruz later accepts Tex Dinoco's offer to race for his team and chooses 51 as her racing number as a tribute to Doc Hudson. She returns as a playable character inCars 3: Driven to Win.
Strip "The King" Weathers (voiced byRichard Petty)[3] is a veteran race car and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's 1970Plymouth Superbird stock car, sporting the same shade of blue and Petty's racing number, 43, as well as being a fictionalized version of him.[7] He is one of the racers in the Dinoco 400 three-way tie, along with Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen. Known as Dinoco's "Golden Boy" having won several Piston Cups,[8] Weathers is hoping for his eighth win in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife. He returns inCars 3 as the crew chief of his nephew, Cal Weathers.
Tex Dinoco (voiced byHumpy Wheeler)[9] is a gold 1975Cadillac Coupe de Ville who owns Dinoco Oil and is the boss of the Dinoco racing team. His most well known racer is Strip "The King" Weathers, who won the Piston Cup a total of seven times before his retirement. InCars, Tex refused to give Chick Hicks a Dinoco sponsorship after he intentionally caused The King to crash and offered it to McQueen instead, although McQueen respectfully declined due to his newfound respect for Rust-eze. InCars 3, Tex purchases Rust-eze Bumper Ointment from Sterling, thus allowing Lightning McQueen to race alongside Cruz under the merged Rust-eze/Dinoco brand.
Chick Hicks (voiced byMichael Keaton inCars,Cars: the Video Game, andCars Race-O-Rama, andBob Peterson inCars 3)[3] is a green stock car and Lightning's main rival. Chick is an arrogant race car who often cheats to gain position in races. He is sponsored by Hostile Takeover Bank and resembles a 1987Buick Regal Grand National, with his grill resembling a 1980s-style mustache. His racing number is 86. Chick frequently antagonizes McQueen, and even lifts his catchphrase "ka-chow", modifying it to "ka-chicka", to both boost his popularity, and to annoy McQueen. He wins the final race in the first movie after taking out the King, but finds that that does not gain him the popularity he so craved. InCars 3, Hicks has retired from racing and hosts his own talk show,Chick's Picks on Racing Sports Network, where he continues to mock McQueen at every opportunity, repeatedly bringing up his Piston Cup victory over McQueen in the first movie. Hicks also returns inCars: The Video Game and alsoCars 3: Driven to Win as aboss and playable character.
Jackson Storm (voiced byArmie Hammer in the film,[10] AJ Hamilton inCars 3: Driven to Win) is an arrogant "next-gen" Piston Cup race car, and Lightning's main rival inCars 3. While practicing at the Florida International Speedway, Storm sets the fastest lap ever recorded, at 214 miles per hour. In the film, Storm appears out of nowhere and starts winning race after race, forcing many last-generation race cars to retire. During the last race of the season, Lightning pushes himself too hard while trying to compete with Storm and loses control, resulting in a rollover crash. At the Florida 500, Storm is intimidated by Lightning's former trainer Cruz Ramirez, who replaces Lightning in the race. He attempts to make her lose focus by telling her that she is not the type of car who belongs on a racetrack. Cruz regains her confidence and drives up next to Storm, who rams her into a wall. Cruz manages to flip over Storm at the last moment, passing him and wins the race, it is unknown what happened to Storm after that. Storm's racing number is 20, styled2.0.
Sir Tow Mater, better known as simplyMater, (voiced byLarry the Cable Guy),[3] is a rusty blue Southern-accentedtow truck resembling a1957 Chevrolet Task Force. Mater is the primary tow truck in Radiator Springs and operates his own salvage yard. He is Lightning's best friend and eagerly supports him both on and off the racetrack. InCars 2, Mater returns as the protagonist and was chosen by McQueen to be his crew chief in the World Grand Prix until being mistaken for a C.H.R.O.M.E. agent by spy in training Holley Shiftwell. Mater becomes Shiftwell's boyfriend later in the film. Mater returns inCars 3 as a supporting character.
Sally Carrera (voiced byBonnie Hunt)[3] is Radiator Springs' town attorney and Lightning's girlfriend. She is a 2002Porsche 911 Carrera. In addition to being the town attorney, Sally also operates the Cozy Cone Motel, which is based on theWigwam Motel. She is a major character inCars and a supporting character inCars 2 andCars 3. In 2022, Porsche made a one-offPorsche 911 in collaboration with Pixar as a tribute to the character, referred to as the "Sally Special".[11]
Doc Hudson (voiced byPaul Newman in the first and third films and thevideo game adaptation of the first film, andCorey Burton inCars Mater-National andCars Race-O-Rama)[12] was Radiator Springs' medical doctor, judge, and Lightning's mentor/crew chief. He is a 1951Hudson Hornet who raced in the Piston Cup as theFabulous Hudson Hornet until an accident prematurely ended his career. Paul Newman, his voice actor, died in September 2008, and it is implied that Hudson died at some point betweenCars andCars 2. Doc appeared inCars 3 in flashbacks, being voiced by archival recordings of Newman.[13] He was based on Hudson Hornet driverMarshall Teague andHerb Thomas.
Sheriff (voiced byMichael Wallis)[14] is a1949 Mercury Eightpolice car.[15] Sheriff is painted in classic black and white with a single red light dome, twosirens, andcurb feelers. Sheriff was the first resident of Radiator Springs to appear inCars and the first to meet Lightning. Sheriff reappears inCars 2, seeing Lightning and his race-crew off to the World Grand Prix. During the climax of the film, Sheriff arrives with the other Radiator Springs residents as new members of Lightning's pit crew in England, and is informed by Mater of the Lemons cars' plot to kill Lightning in order to turn all vehicles in the world againstalternative fuel and rely on gasoline for profit. He does help in the arresting in some of the Lemons. Sheriff returns as a supporting character inCars 3.
Luigi (voiced byTony Shalhoub in the films and video games,[14] and Michael Shalhoub inDisney Infinity) andGuido (voiced by Guido Quaroni)[14] are an Italian duo of cars and part of Lightning's pit crew. Luigi is a 1959Fiat 500[16] who owns a tire shop called Luigi's Casa Della Tires,[17] which is known for its "Leaning Tower of Tires", a tower of several tires shaped like theLeaning Tower of Pisa. Guido is a forklift that resembles aBMW Isetta and only speaks in Italian, though he seems to have no trouble understanding English. Together, Luigi and Guido specialize in changing and maintaining Lightning's tires during all his races. Both areScuderia Ferrari fans.
Ramone (voiced byCheech Marin[14] in the films and video games, andMilton James inCars 3: Driven to Win) is a1959 Chevrolet Impalacoupé[18]lowrider who owns Ramone's House of Body Art, where he paints himself and other cars, including Lightning McQueen. After Doc Hudson's death, Ramone took up the profession of mechanic for the residents of Radiator Springs. His garage employs the distinctive architecture of the Tower Station (U-Drop Inn) inShamrock, Texas.
Flo (voiced byJenifer Lewis)[14] is the owner of Radiator Springs' only gas diner, "Flo's V-8 Café", and is married to Ramone. She appears to be inspired by two early- to mid-1950s show cars: the 1951Buick XP-300, 1951General Motors Le Sabre and the 1957Chrysler Dart concept car or 1960Chrysler 300F 2 doors hardtop custom.[19]
Fillmore (based on Route 66 artistBob Waldmire[20] and voiced byGeorge Carlin inCars, thevideo game, andCars Toons (viaarchival recordings), Scott Wood inCars Mater-National Championship, andLloyd Sherr in all other media after the first film due to Carlin's death) is a green 1960 Volkswagen Type 2(T1) who owns a store that sells his own recipe of organicbiofuel, which he also gives McQueen during his races.[21] He is a stereotypicalhippie,[22] as he has numerous peace signs and flowers painted on his body as well as a frontlicense plate that acts as asoul patch. His license plate number is '51237', a reference to Carlin's date of birth.
Lizzie (voiced byKatherine Helmond)[23] is a 1923Ford Model T Coupe, the widow of Radiator Springs' founderStanley, and the owner of Lizzie's Curios. Being an elderly car, she occasionally shows the signs of dementia including her forgetting things that she said moments ago and misremembering her other characters names.
Sarge (voiced byPaul Dooley)[14] is a 1941Willys MB Army Jeep who fought inWorld War II and is the owner of Sarge's Surplus Hut. He is a member of McQueen's pit crew and serves as an analyst.
Red (voiced byJoe Ranft who died before the first film's release andJerome Ranft in the third film)[3] is Radiator Springs' resident fire truck. He resembles a 1960 Seagrave 1000/500 D/M Pumper engine.
Van (voiced byRichard Kind)[24] andMinny (voiced byEdie McClurg) are twominivans who like to travel and are minor characters inCars. Van resembles a forest green 2005Saturn Relay and has a luggage carrier mounted on his roof. Minny is painted violet and resembles a 1996Chrysler Town and Country. When Van and Minny enter Radiator Springs, Van turns down Minny's suggestion to ask for directions to the interstate, believing that his newly installedGPS will lead them in the right direction. The couple later return in thepost-credits scene, now lost deep within the desert. Van and Minny appear again briefly inCars 2. Van doesn't believe Mater's retelling of his spy adventure until Holley Shiftwell and Finn McMissile arrive, leaving him in astonishment.
Mia (voiced by Lindsey Collins) andTia (voiced byElissa Knight) are twin 1992Mazda Miata sisters and are among Lightning McQueen's biggest fans. They are painted in the same shade of red as McQueen and are covered in stickers of McQueen's likeness. The twins can be seen in the audience during the Dinoco 400 at Motor Speedway of the South, enthusiastically cheering for McQueen. During the time McQueen goes missing, the twins change their allegiance to Chick Hicks, but immediately return to McQueen after Hicks causes Strip "The King" Weathers to crash on the final lap of the tiebreaker race. The twins return briefly inCars 2.
Finn McMissile (voiced byMichael Caine[25] in the second film andMartin Jarvis in all other media) is a British secret agent working for C.H.R.O.M.E. who recruits Mater to help in his mission. He is stern yet kind. His model, a 1965 Fautless GT according to Pixar's Meet the Cars book, is a Pixar in-house design. He is based on classic European sports cars such as theAston Martin DB5 andBMW 507, while his small tail fins were inspired by a 1958 British sports car called thePeerless—one of the few British cars with fins.[26] Finn's suspicions about the World Grand Prix turn out to be correct, as the event was revealed to be a cover-up by Miles Axlerod to turn the world againstalternative fuel. Finn returns as a playable character inCars 2: The Video Game. His overall characterization is inspired byJames Bond.
Holley Shiftwell (voiced byEmily Mortimer)[27] is a British spy-in-training at C.H.R.O.M.E. and Mater's love interest. According to Pixar's Meet the Cars book, Holley's model is a Pixar in-house design known as a 2008 MT-R Mark II. Her model name appears to be in reference with aTVR sports car called theTuscan Mark II, one of Holley's design inspirations. She bears resemblance to the 2008RMC Scorpion, along with having a similar 3.5-liter V6 engine to this vehicle. Holley later returned inCars 2: The Video Game as a playable character.
Siddeley (voiced byJason Isaacs)[28] is aGulfstream V spy jet plane that works for Finn McMissile. His name is a reference to British aircraft company Siddeley.
Leland Turbo (voiced by Jason Isaacs)[28] is a British spy at C.H.R.O.M.E. who infiltrated the Lemons. His vehicle model resembles aJaguar E-Type. Before he was discovered by Grem and Acer and thrown into a car crusher, he sent out a warning to Finn McMissile to let them know what Professor Zündapp and the Lemons have been up to.
Rod "Torque" Redline (voiced byBruce Campbell)[29] is an American spy who was supposed to meet up with Finn McMissile after infiltrating the Lemons. He is a bluemuscle car whose design is based on the modernDodge Challenger andFord Mustang. Before he is captured and escorted away by Grem and Acer in Tokyo, he slipped a device under Mater so that it can be retrieved by Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell. Professor Z later killed Redline with a combination of Allinol and an electromagnetic pulse after learning that Mater has the device. Redline returns despite his death in the film as aDLC character inCars 2: The Video Game.
Francesco Bernoulli (voiced byJohn Turturro in the film[30][31] andCars 2: The Video Game andRoger Craig Smith inKinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure andDisney Infinity) is anItalianopen-wheeled race car based on the 2009Ferrari F60 who serves as Lightning's primary racing rival in the World Grand Prix. His racing league is based onFormula One and he is painted in the colors of theItalian flag. His surname comes from theBernoulli-principle, an important principle in fluid dynamics.
Tomber (voiced by Michel Michelis)[32] is a French three-wheeled car who runs ablack market auto parts dealer, and is Finn McMissile's undergroundinformant. He is based on theReliant Regal three-wheeler, with a few added features including the headlights of aCitroën Ami.
Celine Dephare is an old sports car resembling anAlfa Romeo Spider who works as a headlight vendor at the Marché Aux Pièces market in Paris, France. Unlike all the other characters, Celine's eyes are in her headlights and her windows are fully transparent, revealing a modeled interior with seats and asteering wheel.
Sir Miles Axlerod (voiced byEddie Izzard)[31] is the mainantagonist ofCars 2. His design is based on theRange Rover Classic andLand Rover Defender 90, two cars famous for poor build quality. Axlerod created the World Grand Prix to promote his new alternative fuel called Allinol that turns out to be ordinary gasoline engineered to ignite when hit with anelectromagnetic pulse. While he appears to the public as friendly, in truth he is the main leader of the Lemons conspiracy, and is shown to be very greedy and ruthless. He ultimately tries to kill both McQueen and Mater by placing a bomb on Mater that can only be deactivated by his own voice, but this ends up backfiring when Mater deduces he is the culprit and corners him, leading to him deactivating the bomb to avoid being killed by the explosion. This exposes him to the world and leads to his arrest. Axlerod planned to use Zündapp and the Lemons to kill McQueen in the final race, but the EMP weapon failed because Sarge had switched Lightning's Allinol for Fillmore's all-natural, sustainable, organic biofuel before the start of the race, saving Lightning's life. His engine, quoted as "the worst motor ever made" in the film, is based on theLucas fuel injected3.5L Rover V8.
Professor Wolfgang Otto Zündapp (voiced byThomas Kretschmann)[32] is a 1957Zündapp Janus and an internationally wanted weapon designer. Though he initially appears to be the main antagonist, he is eventually revealed to be the secondary antagonist, and subordinate to Miles Axlerod.
Grem (voiced byJoe Mantegna) andAcer (voiced byPeter Jacobson) are two underlings of Professor Zündapp. Grem is an orange 1975AMC Gremlin and Acer is a lime green 1975AMC Pacer. Both have a very worn appearance. While they badly subdued Rod "Torque" Redline, the duo later guarded the captured Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Finn McMissile in London. During the time when Mater was trying to get away from Lightning due to the bomb on his engine, Grem and Acer went after them only for Holley to come and making them slam into her and flying into a pub called Ye Left Turn Inn. Their crash spilled the drinks of the patrons in the bar, who promptly got angry and started to attack them, they are defeated by the patrons, Grem and Acer's fate after that is unknown.
Tony Trihull (voiced byLloyd Sherr) is alittoral combat ship that works for Professor Zündapp. He was first seen telling a crab boat to leave the restricted territory that was secretly being operated by Zündapp and the Lemons. When Finn McMissile infiltrates the operation and flees, Tony goes on the offensive. During the race in London, Tony tries to rescue a fleeing Zündapp using his magnet and firing on Finn McMissile only for Finn to sends some explosives onto Tony's magnet causing an explosion.
Brent Mustangburger is a navy-blue 1965Ford Mustang. He representsBrent Musburger, at the time asportscaster atESPN and is voiced by him. Mustangburger acts as a sportscaster.[33] He appears inCars 2 as well asPlanes.
TheLemons are the internationalcrime families that they all appear together inCars 2. They are all cars with a negative reputation and consist of four families:
ThePacer family are a group of Lemons that are based on theAMC Pacer.
TheGremlin family are a group of Lemons that are based on theAMC Gremlin.
TheHugo family are a group of Lemons that are based on theYugo 45.
TheTrunkov family are a group of Lemons that are based on theZAZ-968.
Jeff Gorvette is aChevrolet Corvette C6.R. He is voiced in aguest role byJeff Gordon. Gorvette is bright yellow with theAmerican flag painted on his sides. He is described to be an accomplished racer and a close friend of McQueen's. When McQueen meets Jeff at the Tokyo party inCars 2, he greets him warmly. Gorvette later appears briefly before the start of the Florida 500 inCars 3. While being interviewed, Gorvette spots McQueen drive by and tells him to "win one for us old guys", implying that Gorvette may have retired.
Lewis Hamilton is a British endurance race car resembling aMcLaren 12C. He is voiced in a guest role by seven-timeFormula OneWorld ChampionLewis Hamilton. He is described as a "Three-time Grand Touring Sport Champion" in Cars: Under The Hood. During the party in Tokyo, Hamilton can be seen with Gorvette and calls McQueen over to them. He later manages to stop before a massive crash during the second stage of the World Grand Prix in Italy along with Gorvette.
Shu Todoroki is aJapaneseLe Mans Prototype. He is painted with a white-and-red design on his body after theNational Flag of Japan.
Carla Veloso is aBrazilianLe Mans Prototype race car. Jay Shuster, Cars 2's Character Art Director, stated in a fan Q&A that she is inspired after many LMP racing cars, some of which she confirmed to be theAudi R10 TDi andAudi R15 TDi. She is painted green and blue designs on her body, representing the colors of theBrazilian flag.
Raoul ÇaRoule is a famousFrenchrally car based onSébastien Loeb's 2007Citroën C4 WRC. He is described as a great rally racer in France, and is painted in the colors of theFrench flag with the letters "GRC" on him.
Miss Fritter (voiced byLea DeLaria[34]) is a 1967International Harvester Loadstarschool bus modified fordemolition derby racing, and a minorantagonist inCars 3. Miss Fritter appears in the Crazy Eight demolition derby at the Thunder Hollow Speedway and nearly saws Cruz with her stop sign blades until Lightning stops her, only to get his tire shredded. Cruz Ramirez ends up winning the race. Miss Fritter later appeared in theCars 3 short film "Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool" shooting a commercial for demolition derby racing along with her friends from Thunder Hollow. She returned inCars 3: Driven to Win as a boss and a playable character.
Smokey (voiced byChris Cooper)[35] is a 1947Hudson Super Six pickup truck who owns Smokey's Garage in a fictionalized version ofThomasville, Georgia, and was Doc Hudson's mentor and crew chief. After heeding to Mater's advice, Lightning reunites with Cruz and heads to the abandoned Thomasville Speedway, where they suddenly meet Smokey on the track. With help from Doc Hudson's old friends, River Scott, Junior "Midnight" Moon, and Louise "Barnstormer" Nash, Smokey uses old-school racing tactics to help Lightning train and prepare to compete against Storm, and later serves as his crew chief in the Florida 500. Smokey visits Radiator Springs in the epilogue and later attends the reopening of Thomasville Speedway.
Natalie Certain (voiced byKerry Washington)[36] is a statistical analyst who works for RSN and also appears with Chick Hicks onChick's Picks. She is a maroon 4-door sedan that resembles aTesla Model S. Certain first appears onChick's Picks and gives a detailed explanation why Jackson Storm and the other Next-Gen racers have better performance than the previous generation of racers. When McQueen tunes intoChick's Picks after Thunder Hollow, Certain makes the prediction that McQueen only has a 1.2 percent chance of beating Storm in the Florida 500. Certain appears again in the commentator booth with Bob Cutlass and Darrell Cartrip after Cruz wins the Florida 500. She returns as a playable character inCars 3: Driven to Win.
Cal Weathers (voiced byKyle Petty)[9] is a sky blue stock car (presumably a 2004Dodge Intrepid NASCAR) who raced for Dinoco, and was one of Lightning McQueen's friends in the Piston Cup. He is Strip "The King" Weathers' nephew. Cal's average racing performance often prompted Tex Dinoco to joke about replacing him with Lightning on team Dinoco.
River Scott (voiced byIsiah Whitlock Jr.)[37][38] is a 1938 stock car from the fictional brand Dirt Track Racer (based on a 1933Willys 77) who raced during the early days of the Piston Cup, and was one of Doc Hudson's friends. Scott was known for his close racing style with the other cars and has a few dents from his races.
Junior "Midnight" Moon (voiced byJunior Johnson)[37] is a 1940Ford Standard Coupe who raced in the Piston Cup and was friends with Doc Hudson. Junior was one of the first cars who used thedrafting technique in stock car racing.
Louise "Barnstormer" Nash (voiced byMargo Martindale)[37] is a 1950Nash Ambassador who raced in the Piston Cup with Doc Hudson. Known as the "First Lady of Racing", Nash was the first female car who raced in the Piston Cup and had to steal a racing number, 94, in order to compete. According to River Scott, Nash became romantically attracted to Doc Hudson at one point, although Hudson was uninterested and turned her down.
Leroy Heming is a 1955Chrysler C300 who raced in the Piston Cup. Leroy entered the Piston Cup as a rookie and was one of the fastest new cars at the time. His surname is a reference to theHemi line of engines found inChrysler vehicles. During McQueen and Cruz's time in Thomasville, Smokey told the story to them of how Leroy once tried to challenge Doc Hudson during a race at Thomasville Speedway by ramming him into the wall. Hudson managed to evade Leroy spectacularly on the final lap and won, stunning Leroy and earning his respect in the process.
Dusty Crophopper (voiced byDane Cook)[39][40] was inspired by theAir Tractor AT-502,Cessna and thePZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader.[41] He is painted white and orange with some black stripes. After his training, he has the black Jolly Wrenches insignia Skipper earned him up front as well as "D7" on his rudder. Since the Germany leg in the WATG rally, he gained blue racing stripes and the number 7 in a white circle on his body and wings. After becoming severely damaged en route to Mexico in the storm, most Wings Around The Globe racers gave him new parts as well as gainingT-33 Shooting Star wings and a Skyslicer MK V propeller. At the end of the film, he has a Jolly Wrenches paint job while racing with Skipper, having been made an honorary Jolly Wrench.
Skipper Riley (voiced byStacy Keach) is aVought F4U Corsair and Dusty's mentor. His sole mission was a routine patrol that turned disastrous when his squadron stumbled upon an enemy fleet, leaving him as the sole survivor.
Sparky (voiced by Danny Mann) is a grey forklift and good friend of Chug and Skipper's assistant and mechanic.
Ishani (voiced byPriyanka Chopra) is a Pan-Asian champion from India,[42] based on theAeroCad AeroCanard[43] with over a billion racing fans. She is painted orange, yellow, and red with the number 6 in green. She is Dusty's love interest and Ripslinger's hated rival and former ally and teammate. She also has her beautiful designs in the front of her body, and her designs are all of the shiny and green leaves on her body. She has so many leaves in the front of her body.
Chug (voiced byBrad Garrett) is a green fuel truck[44] and Dusty's best friend. He sometimes uses his binoculars to look for Dusty, but he decided to drive towards him.
Dottie (voiced byTeri Hatcher) is a blue forklift. She is Dusty and Chug’s best friends with ever since. Before she tries to fix Dusty’s machines, she has her idea because she wants Chug to help her and the two start arguing and Dusty is trying to fly without his engines are not working.
Leadbottom (voiced byCedric the Entertainer) is abiplane[44] inspired by theBoeing-Stearman Model 75[43] with a partialengine cowl.
Rochelle (voiced byJulia Louis-Dreyfus) is a racing plane from Canada[44] inspired by theBay Super V, a conversion of the V-tail Model 35Beechcraft Bonanza[43] painted pink and white with some red maple leaf designs and her number is 22 in white. Originally fromQuebec,[44] her flag and paint job is localized in 11 countries.[45] She is also El Chupacabra's girlfriend. In Australia and New Zealand, Rochelle is re-contextualized as a formerTasmanian mail delivery plane, and is voiced byJessica Marais.[46]
Bulldog (voiced byJohn Cleese)[47] is a red, white and bluede Havilland DH.88 Comet and British racing champion with the number 11 as his race number. He befriended Dusty after he saved him from an oil spill during the Iceland-Germany leg.
Ripslinger (voiced byRoger Craig Smith) is a custom-built carbon-fiber race plane with green and black decals, orange flame designs, several racing sponsors and his name painted on his body and wings. He also has a four bladedcontra-rotating propeller. Rip is captain of Team RPX and Dusty's hated rival in the film. His race number is 13. He later damaged Skipper'svertical stabilizer during the Mexico-New York leg.[44][48] He returned as a main antagonist forPlanes: the Video Game attempting to ruin Dusty's fame, wreck his town, paint Dusty graffiti on theGreat Wall of China while disguised as him, and even cause trouble for Dusty's international friends including ruining the Diwali Festival in Ishani's home country.
Ned and Zed (both voiced byGabriel Iglesias) are the sidekicks of Ripslinger and his teammates[44] inspired by theZivko Edge 540 andMX Aircraft MXS.[43] Ned is painted green with some white wings and the number 0 in orange, and Zed is painted white with some green wings and the number 00 also in orange. They are twin brothers from New Zealand who try to sabotage the other racers by flying aggressively, allowing Ripslinger to take the win with Ned and Zed finishing second and third. They were later thwarted by Dusty when Ned hit a rock on his left wing, sending him into a barrel roll and trapping both him and Zed into a narrow gap that only Dusty was able to fly through.
El Chupacabra (voiced byCarlos Alazraqui) is a Mexican red, white and greenGee Bee Model R[41][49] with the number 5 in red. He is Dusty's good friend and Rochelle's boyfriend.
Echo (voiced byAnthony Edwards) is aBoeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Jolly Wrenches who he and Bravo rescued Dusty and guided him to land on the USSDwight D. Flysenhower aircraft carrier.
Bravo (voiced byVal Kilmer) is another Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Jolly Wrenches who he and Echo rescued Dusty and guided him to land on the USSDwight D. Flysenhower aircraft carrier.
Franz is a german Areocar that has a split personality. Franz changes to Fliegenhozen when his puts on his wings.
Lil' Dipper (voiced byJulie Bowen) is aSuper Scooper[50] based on theGrumman G-21 Goose andC-415 SuperScooper[51] She is also Dusty's biggest fan and has a crush on him.
Maru (voiced byCurtis Armstrong) is a forklift mechanic at the Piston Peak Air Attack base.[52][53] He is known to make old things, “Better then new.”
Blade Ranger (voiced byEd Harris) is a veteran fire-and-rescue helicopter. He formerly starred inCHoPs with Nick "Loop'n" Lopez, and became a firefighter after Nick's death.[53] He is the chief and leader of the Piston Peak Air Attack team. Blade is inspired by theAgustaWestland AW109,AgustaWestland AW139.[54] andBell 429 GlobalRanger. Blade's character on CHoPs is based on Captain Jonathan Andrew Baker.[51]
Windlifter (voiced byWes Studi) is aSikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopter who used to work as a lumberjack before Planes 2. He is the second-in-command of the Piston Peak Air Attack team.[51][53][54]
Cabbie (voiced byDale Dye) is aFairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar retired from military service who airdrops the Smokejumpers to fire sites.[53][54]
Dynamite (voiced byRegina King) is the leader of TheSmokejumpers, a team of ground vehicles which parachute into fire sites.[53]
Pinecone (voiced byCorri English) is a smokejumper equipped with a rake tool to clear brush and debris.[53]
Avalanche (voiced byBryan Callen) is a bulldozer and a smokejumper.[53]
Blackout (voiced by Danny Pardo) is a smokejumper equipped with acircular saw.[53]
Drip (voiced byMatt L. Jones) is a smokejumper equipped with a skid-steer claw to clear fallen trees and brush.[53]
Cad Spinner (voiced byJohn Michael Higgins) is based on a 2007-2014Cadillac Escalade. His main goal in the film was the reopening of a lodge at Piston Peak National Park and its safety. This led to him knowingly endanger the rest of the valley during a large forest fire. After Dusty helped to put out the forest fire, Cad Spinner was reassigned to park ranger work atDeath Valley National Park as seen in the mid-credits.
Secretary of the Interior (voiced byFred Willard) is a green four-wheel-drive with aroof rack. He Is based on a 1966Ford Bronco[53]
Harvey (voiced byJerry Stiller) andWinnie (voiced byAnne Meara) are the two RVs who are married. They are based on a Winnebago Brave.[53]
Nick "Loop'n" Lopez (voiced byErik Estrada) is a helicopter TV actor who was the co-star ofCHoPs. He was killed during filming of the series' one-hundred-thirty-ninth episode. Nick is based on Estrada's character Officer Francis Poncherello.[53]
Ol' Jammer (voiced byBarry Corbin) is a 1936White Model 706 tour bus at Piston Peak. He later was promoted as superintendent after Cad was fired.[53]
Mayday (voiced byHal Holbrook) is an old fire and rescue truck from Propwash Junction.[53]
Ryker (voiced byKevin Michael Richardson) is an Oshkosh Striker 3000 transportation management safety truck with a roof-mountedwater cannon for firefighting.[53]
Pulaski (voiced byPatrick Warburton) is a structural firefightingfire truck at Piston Peak with a roof-mounted water cannon for firefighting.[53] Pulaski's namesake,[51]Ed Pulaski, was known for his heroism in saving most of his crew during theGreat Fire of 1910 by sheltering in an abandoned mine.
This seven-time Piston Cup Champion...
Luigi runs the local tire shop in Radiator Springs, Casa Della Tires.
Fillmore is Radiator Springs' resident hippie
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