Help me out with the 'CARS' models and years

[bull]

I know maybe 1/3 of the models and years from the movie and the others look familiar but I can't place them all. The biggest mysteries to me was Flo (she looks very familiar but I just can't place it) and Lightning McQueen. Was he just a generic car or is he an actual model? And is Chick Hicks a Buick GN? Anyway, I thought it might be fun to match the main "Cars" characters with their real counterparts. Match the character names with the year, make and model of the cars they represent:

[bull]

And did you know they made two full scale replicas of Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera to take to car shows this spring and summer?
http://site342.mysite4now.com/jimhillmedia/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/04/18/1906.aspx

[dodgecharger-fan]

I thought lightning was styled along the lines of a viper... not really a true representation, I think, but close.

It's funny 'cause up here, Ford is running a promo where a 'stang breaks through a graphic of lightning - like it's supposed to be the character becoming real...

not even close.

[4402tuff4u]

I would say the Flo character is either a Cadillac late 50's or 59 - 60 Impala?

[PocketThunder]

i thought lightning was a mazda but naaa cant be.

[4402tuff4u]

Actually looking at Flo again, I'm going to say a 57 Chrysler!

[HAZZARDJOHN]

Actually looking at Flo again, I'm going to say a 57 Chrysler!

She looks like the 51 Buick lesabre concept car to me.

[Mike DC]

 
"Lightning McQueen" looks like a fully custom job to me. 

He's obviously about 75% of the way to being a modern cookie-cutter NASCAR from the 1990s/2000s, but the proportions are a bit caricaturized to look cooler.

     

[wish4a68]

Not that this helps but I thought this link was pretty cool

http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/cars/main.html?sec=1&car=10

[CaptMarvel]

I think the Flo character was supposed to be a customized late 50's DeSoto or Plymouth. Those massive fins are a dead Mopar giveaway. The upper body lines look a little bit Buick, but I think Mopar (hard to tell with all the customizing) Also, Flo (a tribute to Polly Holidays character? Alice also revolved around a roadside Americana setting.) Fillmore (obvoius SF/hippie tribute, but why Hendrix instead of the Dead or Airplane?) 

Respect the classics man...

[Lightning]

y'know if y'all check the Cars website it tells you.

also, the back liscense plate frame on Flo is from GM's 1950's Motorama, she's a show car.

[bull]

y'know if y'all check the Cars website it tells you.

also, the back liscense plate frame on Flo is from GM's 1950's Motorama, she's a show car.

Which link? I looked for it and could only find info on a few of the cars.

[chrisII]

am i the only one who sees "chick hicks" as an early 80s cordoba??  look at the grille and roof line (from the side) screams cordoba..dunno why they would use that, but i think its kool. i can see the buick regal too i guess , but im a mopar man lol

[Orange_Crush]

am i the only one who sees "chick hicks" as an early 80s cordoba??  look at the grille and roof line (from the side) screams cordoba..dunno why they would use that, but i think its kool. i can see the buick regal too i guess , but im a mopar man lol

'80s Buick regal.

[chrisII]

my knowledge of racing tells me that the regal was much mor comin as a race car. but when i watched the movie more often than not he seemed longer and the rear of the roof seemed more like a cordoba. the lines of the hood even seem more pronounced like on a cordoba..an hey all cool cars shuld be mopars...my opinion but hey thats the one that counts...to me lol

[ramit]

I just saw this movie with my son yesterday and it was great!   I would highly recommend it to anybody.  I normally do not enjoy to many kids movies.

[CaptMarvel]

Chick was definatley GM/Buick influenced. I still think Flo looks like an old Desoto

[Charger_Fan]

I saw it yesterday too, it was AWESOME!
I'm still chucking to myself about some of the stuff they did, pretty cool movie for sure.

also, the back liscense plate frame on Flo is from GM's 1950's Motorama, she's a show car.

[Neal_J]

Best Mopar line of the movie - when the Sherrif car tells Lightning:  You in a heap of trouble, Boy!"  I nearly fell outta my seat.

Neal

[teddy1500]

I thought that chick hicks was a 79 thunderbird,  Think Earnhardt

[Dave22443]

I don't think Earnhardt ever drove a Thunderbird.  To me, Chick Hicks was a Harry Gant knock off with the Buick body, green paint and big mustache.  But then, Harry had class and would never drive like Hicks did, so who knows?

[69charger383]

I got this poster from McD's which shows basically all the cars. I saw a 50's Impala, a 60s/70s Dodge Van, VW van, Mini Cooper, 50s or 60s truck, 74 Monte Carlo and the Bird of course.

[Headrope]

I feel sorry for the Chevron cars. They were ahead of their time.

[Lightning]

I don't think Earnhardt ever drove a Thunderbird.  To me, Chick Hicks was a Harry Gant knock off with the Buick body, green paint and big mustache.  But then, Harry had class and would never drive like Hicks did, so who knows?

he did, for Bud Moore in the '80's before going back to Childress.


I think Chick was a combination of Earnhardt and Gant....

[Doc74]

This should cover it, feel free to debate.
Not my list btw



McQueen - original Pixar design
Doc - 1951 Hudson Hornet
Sally - 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera
Mater - 1955 Chevy 3100 Wrecker
Ramone - 1959 Chevy Impala Lowrider
Luigi - 1959 Fiat 500
Guido - Isetta Forklift
Flo - 1957 Motoroma showcar
Sarge - 1946 Willys CJ-2A
Sheriff - 1949 Mercury Cruiser
Fillmore - 1960 VW Bus
Lizzie - 1920 Ford Model T
Mack - 1985 Mack Superliner
Red - American LaFrance fire truck
Chick - original Pixar design
The King - 1970 Richard Petty Plymouth Superbird
Harv - 1980 Plymouth Reliant K-Car
Bob Cutlass - 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora
Darrell - 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Minny - 1995 Ford Winstar Minivan
Van - 2005 Saturn Relay Minivan
Tex - 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
Rusty - 1963 Dodge A100
Dusty - 1963 Dodge Dart
Mrs. The King - 1970 Mercury Colony Park
Fred - 1962 Rambler Ambassador
Junior - 2002 NASCAR stock car
Michael Schumacher - Ferrari F430
Jay Limo - Lincoln Town Car
Mario Andretti - 1967 Ford Fairlane
Kori Turbowitz - Ford Taurus
Peterbuilt - Peterbilt 326
Pitcrew member whose name is not Chuck - forklift
The Governator - Hummer H1
Boost - 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Snot Rod - 1970 Plymouth AAR Barracuda
DJ - 2004 Toyota Scion xB
Wingo - 2000 Nisson Silvia Tuner
Tia & Mia - 1990 Mazda Miata