Agent Leland Turbo

> Hey, Professor Z! This is one of those British spies we told you about!
>
> ***Grem***, Cars 2

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Leland Turbo was an opening character of Pixar's 12th full-lenght animated film *Cars 2.*
He is one of many agents and partner in training of Finn McMissile.

## History

Leland Turbo, British Intelligence. He and Finn McMissile go way, way back together in the world of espionage, and they even trained together in the academy as new recruits. They were partners early in their careers and owe each other their lives, getting one another out of though spots many, many times. Clearly, Leland is not one to run from danger. In fact, he thrives on it... but this time it may end up costing him more than he thinks.
He is seen in the beginning of Cars 2 in a room on one of the ***Lemons***' ***oil rigs***, sending Finn a video message that he has uncovered crucial information about their destructive camera device. Leland stops recording his video when he sees the shadows of ***Grem*** and ***Acer*** about to enter the room. When Finn arrived at the rally point, he tried to contact Leland saying that he had arrived but Leland doesn't say anything and all Finn gets is static from the other end. All of the sudden, Grem shows Professor Z a compacted red metal cube, revealing (as Finn watches) that they have crushed the spy after discovering him.

## Livery

Leland is painted maroon, with chrome lining.

## Model

According to his official biography, Leland's model is the fictitious 1965 ***Runwell***-Type SR. His design suggests the early-1960s hardtop ***Jaguar*** E-Type and the Austin Healey roadsters from the same era. As such, he largely resembles ***David Hobbscap*** and other E-Types appearing in the film.
When Leland's remains are shown, his license plate is revealed as **63 TRBO**, a likely reference to the year ***Jason Isaacs*** was born. It also includes most of his surname, excepting the "u".

## Occupation

Leland was a British spy, before his death.

## Trivia

* Leland is the third Cars character to have a known death, with the first being ***Stanley***, and the second is Doc Hudson.
* He is the first character to be seen in Cars 2.
* He is the first character whose wreck has been seen after his death, with the second being ***Fred Pacer***.
	+ Although Chick Hicks is technically the first destroyed vehicle, this is only seen in McQueen's dreams.
* While both Leland and Professor Z pronounce his name as "Lee-land," Finn pronounces it as "Lay-land."
* His destruction recalls *WALL-E'*s compacting and the trash compactor at Monsters, Inc.
* LEGO (company) included a cubed version of Leland in its 2012 playset "***Oil Rig Escape***." In Cars 2, he dies when Acer and Grem compact him. However, the LEGO version shows his eyes, suggesting that he survived his compacting.
* His name is most likely based on Leyland Motors, a now defunct British vehicle manufacturer.
* His die-cast was only released in the 2012 die-cast line in a two pack with Finn McMissile. There hasn't been a re-release of it since.

## Quotes

* "*This is Agent Leland Turbo. I have a flash transmission for Agent Finn McMissile*
* "*Finn, my cover's been compromised. Everything's gone pear-shaped*"
* "*You won't believe what I found out here. This is bigger than anything we've ever seen, and no one even knows it exists! Finn, I need backup, but don't call the cavalry, it could blow the operation. And be careful. It's not safe out here.*"
* "*Transmitting my grids now. Good luck!*"

## Gallery

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