Radiator Springs
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- “You're in Radiator Springs, the cutest little town in Carburetor County.”
- ―Mater introducing the town toLightning McQueen[src]
Radiator Springs is a rural town and the primary setting of theDisney/PixarCars franchise. Located in Carburetor County, gateway toOrnament Valley and the Cadillac Range, Radiator Springs is a town alongRoute 66 in easternArizona that was once a thriving community half a century ago, but was greatly diminished when a new interstate bypassed the town completely. However, with the events of the film, the town is revived and has since become Lightning McQueen's new permanent residence and racing headquarters. The inspiration for the creation of this town was the townPeach Springs.
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- Although Lightning McQueen ventures far from home in an effort to rediscover what makes him a great racer, his heart will always be in Radiator Springs. But it's been a few years since his hometown last saw the big screen. "We had to upgrade it a little," says production designer Bill Cone. "The rest of the world will have the kind of detail we're capable of achieving now, so we needed to bring Radiator Springs into the same movie."
Radiator Springs was founded by asteam car namedStanley onMay 9,1909, and a statue of him is outside the town courthouse. Stanley, who was selling radiator caps in Ornament Valley, found an oasis of water (later called Stanley's Oasis). There, he also found new customers, so he decided to build a town there. He named it "Radiator Springs". Later,Stanley marriedLizzie. After Stanley's death, more cars came to live in Radiator Springs, and the town grew. It was a popular rest area where almost all cars would stop to shop and fill their gas tank. However, Interstate 40 was later built near Radiator Springs, which greatly decreased traffic for Radiator Springs, since the Interstate bypassed the town. As result, onJune 26,1985, theRoute 66 was decommissioned.
In1954, famousPiston Cup racerDoc Hudson suffered a severe accident that put him in a hospital for several years. After Hudson fully recovered and returned to the Piston Cup, he found that the sport had left him behind because of new-comers, sponsors, the money had been spent, and the competitiveness in the races had grown. Hudson felt like nobody appreciated him anymore and retired completely from the Piston Cup before vanishing off the face of the Earth. Eventually, Doc Hudson found shelter in Radiator Springs. His wisdom and tough grandfather-like attitude earned him respect from the town, enough that in the late1980s, Hudson was hired as mayor, judge, and the CEO of the town.
Years later, famous race car Lightning McQueen destroyed the town's main road in a hurry to get to a Piston Cup race inLos Angeles,California, and was arrested for five days to fix the road. He soon became friends with the Radiator Springs populace, and after his race, he set up a racing headquarters in the town, and thus the town started to flourish again.
After theWorld Grand Prix was suspended due toMiles Axlerod's conspiracy, a fourth Grand Prix eventually took place in Radiator Springs.
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Inside town[]
- Budville Trading Company
- Carburetor Repairs Emporium
- Courthouse & Fire Department
- Cozy Cone Motel
- Eat
- Fillmore's Taste-In
- Flo's V8 Café
- Foggy Windshield
- Glenrio Motel (temporarily became the Racing Museum and changed backed to its original state prior toCars 2)
- Hudson Hornet Racing Museum (Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic; inCars 2)
- Lightning McQueen's racing headquarters
- Lube O Rama
- Luigi's Casa Della Tires
- Miss Piston
- Mr. Curb Feeler
- Mrs. Muffler
- Muddy's Mudflaps
- The Oil Pan
- Ornament Valley
- Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic (Doctor Hudson: Dr. of Internal Combustion; inCars)
- Pop N Patch Tire Repair
- The Racing Museum (building was previously the closed Glenrio Motel)
- Radiator Springs Courthouse & Fire Department
- Radiator Springs Curios Shop
- Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre
- Radiator Springs Garage
- Radiator Springs Municipal Impound
- Ramone's House of Body Art
- Rusty Bumper
- Sarge's Surplus Hut
- Sarge's SUV Boot Camp
- Sparky's Spark Plugs
- Stanley's Oasis (inTime Travel Mater andRadiator Springs Racers) (mostly gone; water tower and oil bottle house remain)
- Tow Mater Towing & Salvage
- Tractor Pasture
- Wheel Well Motel
- Willy's Butte
- Wimpy's Wipers
Disney Parks[]
A simplified version of the town is the setting of theCars Race Rally attraction in the Toon Studios area ofWalt Disney Studios Park inFrance.Disney California Adventure also has a themed land under the name ofCars Land, which was opened onJune 15,2012.
Radiator Springs later appeared as a simplified scene in theHong Kong Disneyland version ofIt's a Small World. However, no characters fromCars appeared in the iconic boat ride, instead threeToy Story characters appeared in this scene, includingWoody,Bullseye andJessie.
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