Cars 2

***Cars 2*** is a 2011 American computer-animated spy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is a sequel to 2006's *Cars* and the second film in the *Cars* franchise. This was the final Pixar film animated with their old software system, Marionette, before it was officially replaced with Presto in 2012. It was directed by John Lasseter, written by Ben Queen, and produced by Denise Ream. In the film's ensemble voice cast, Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Bonnie Hunt, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles from the first film. Paul Newman, who voiced Doc Hudson in the previous film, died in September 2008, so his character was written out of the film; George Carlin, who previously voiced Fillmore, died during the same year, and his role was passed to Lloyd Sherr. The returning cast is joined by Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, and Thomas Kretschmann, who voice the new characters introduced in this film.

The film follows race car Lightning McQueen (Wilson) and tow truck Mater (Cable Guy), who head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix, while Mater accidentally becomes sidetracked with international espionage, and then attempts to uncover a conspiracy led by a mysterious criminal mastermind and his gang, which threatens the lives of all competitors in the World Grand Prix, with the help of British spies Finn McMissile (Caine) and Holley Shiftwell (Mortimer).

*Cars 2* premiered in Hollywood on June 18, 2011, and was released in the United States on June 24, 2011. The film was presented in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats. The film was first announced in 2008 alongside Up and Brave, and is the 12th animated film from the studio. *Cars 2* received mixed reviews from critics but continued the studio's streak of box office success, grossed $562 million worldwide against its $200 million budget, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2011 and the highest-grossing film of the Cars trilogy. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, but lost to The Adventures of Tintin. Two spinoff films, *Planes* and *Planes: Fire & Rescue* were released on August 9, 2013 and July 18, 2014, respectively. A sequel, *Cars 3*, was released on June 16, 2017. To date, this is the last Pixar film to be directed by Lasseter.

## Plot

British spy Finn McMissile infiltrates an oil rig owned by a group of lemon cars to rescue fellow spy Leland Turbo, who has blown his own cover. He witnesses the lemons, seemingly led by German weapons designer and scientist Professor Zündapp, load an electromagnetic pulse generator, disguised as a TV camera onto a shipping crate. After discovering Leland's death, a burst of flames reveals his presence to the criminals, and he escapes by faking his death.

Five years after the events of the first film, after winning his fourth Piston Cup, Lightning McQueen returns to Radiator Springs to spend his off season with his friends. However, Italian formula race car Francesco Bernoulli challenges Lightning to race in the World Grand Prix, an international three-race event created by former oil tycoon Sir Miles Axlerod, who intends to promote his new environmentally friendly fuel, Allinol, and invites race cars from around the world to compete. Lightning and his best friend Mater — along with Luigi, Guido, Fillmore, and Sarge — depart for Tokyo for the first race of the World Grand Prix.

At a World Grand Prix promotional party event, Mater makes a scene after eating a bowl of wasabi and leaking on stage, embarrassing Lightning in front of everyone. While cleaning up, Mater interrupts a fight between American spy Rod "Torque" Redline (Finn's contact) and lemons Grem and Acer. Redline plants his tracking device on Mater, causing Finn and his associate Holley Shiftwell to mistake him for the spy. Meanwhile, Redline is captured and killed by Zündapp, who reveals that Allinol is set on fire when hit with the EMP from earlier. He informs his superior, an unknown mastermind, that Redline passed on his information. Holley finds and recruits Mater to stop Zündapp's plot.

At the first race, three racers are ignited by the camera, making their engines explode. Lightning places second in the race after Bernoulli, due to miscommunication with Mater, who was evading Zündapp's henchmen with help from Holley and Finn. Lightning angrily snaps at Mater, who then goes to the airport to return to Radiator Springs, but is abducted by Finn as the lemons close onto both, and they flee in Finn's jet, Siddeley. After traveling to Paris, to collect more information from Finn's old friend Tomber, they travel to Porto Corsa, Italy, where the second race is being held. During the race, Mater infiltrates the criminals' meeting, just as a few racers are flamed out by the camera, causing a multi-car pile-up, while Lightning wins. Due to controversy and increased fears over Allinol's safety, Axlerod lifts the requirement to use it for the final race in London. However, when Lightning decides to continue using it, the criminals plan to kill him in the race. Frightened by the realization that his best friend is in danger, Mater accidentally blows his cover, causing him, Finn, and Holley to be captured and tied up inside Big Bentley, where he admits to them that he is not the spy they think he is.

When the race starts, Lightning takes the lead before passing Big Ben. However, the camera was inexplicably defective on him. The criminals tell Mater they planted a time bomb in Lightning's pits as a backup plan, spurring him to break free and escape. Finn and Holley escape soon after but realize that the bomb was fitted on Mater's air filter when they were passed out as the criminals predicted that Mater will easily escape to help Lightning. Mater had already arrived at the pits when they tell him this, so he flees down the track while Lightning chases after him to apologize for his outburst in Tokyo. Finn apprehends Zündapp when he attempts to escape. The other lemons arrive and outnumber Finn, Holley, Mater, and Lightning, but they are soon rescued by the arrival of the other Radiator Springs residents. Mater and Lightning go to Buckingham Palace, where Mater exposes Axlerod as the mastermind behind the plot, proven after forcing him to disable the bomb. It is revealed that the World Grand Prix was a cover-up by Axelrod to turn the world against Allinol and other alternative fuels, and he was also the one who was leaking oil in Tokyo, blaming Mater for it. After Axlerod is arrested by the authorities, Mater receives an honorary knighthood from the Queen and Lightning and Mater reconcile.

Back in Radiator Springs, Mater tells everyone there about his story, just when Finn and Holley stop over. Fillmore then reveals that Sarge swapped the Allinol with Fillmore's organic fuel, which explains the camera's ineffectiveness on him. A "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" is held featuring all the World Grand Prix contenders. Mater declines an invitation from Finn and Holley to go on another mission, choosing to stay in Radiator Springs. Though his weapons get confiscated, he gets to keep the rockets and catches up to Lightning with speeding off with Mater behind him, just as Siddeley speeds into the distance.

## Cast

### Principal Cast

* Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
* Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen
* Michael Caine as Finn McMissile
* Emily Mortimer as Holley Shiftwell
* John Turturro as Francesco Bernoulli
* Eddie Izzard as Miles Axlerod
* Thomas Kretschmann as Professor Zündapp
* Joe Mantegna as Grem
* Peter Jacobson as Acer
* Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
* Guido Quaroni as Guido
* Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore
* Paul Dooley as Sarge

### Supporting Cast

* Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip
* Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger
* David Hobbs as David Hobbscapp
* Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
* Cheech Marin as Ramone
* Jenifer Lewis as Flo
* Michael Wallis as Sheriff
* Jason Isaacs as Siddeley
* John Mainier as J. Curby Gremlin
* Brad Lewis as Tubbs Pacer
* Nick Offerman as Vladimir Trunkov
* Steve Martin as Victor Hugo
* Franco Nero as Uncle Topolino
* Vanessa Redgrave as Mama Topolino
* Michel Michelis as Tomber
* Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette
* Lewis Hamilton as Lewis Hamilton
* Teresa Gallagher as Mater's Computer

### Cameos

* Velibor Topić as Alexander Hugo
* Patrick Warburton as Ivan
* June Brown as The Queen
* Keith Wickham as Prince Wheeliam
* John Lasseter as John Lassetire
* Rob Rackstraw as Stevenson
* Martin Freeman as Leland Turbo
* Alan Tudyk as Crabby
* Kevin Kilner as Rod Redline
* David Schwimmer as Otis
* Patrick Walker as Mel Dorado
* Richard Kind as Van
* Edwyn Tiong as Japanese Chef
* Jeff Glenn Bennett as Tony Tirhull
* Edie McClurg as Minny
* Jerome Ranft as Red
* Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
* John Ratzenberger as Mack

### International Cast

In international versions of the film, Jeff Gorvette is replaced with race car drivers better known in the specific countries in his dialogue scenes (however, he still appears as a competitor).

* Sebastian Vettel as Max Schnell (Germany)
* Laurent Larcher as Raoul ÇaRoule (France)
* Claudia Leitte as Carla Veloso (Brazil)
* Mark Winterbottom as Frosty (Australia)
* Fernando Alonso as Fernando Alonso (Spain)
* Vitaly Petrov as Vitaly Petrov (Russia)
* Jan Nilsson as Flash (Sweden)
* Memo Rojas, Jr. as Memo Rojas, Jr. (Latin America)

### Uncredited Cast

* Lindsey Collins as Mia
* Elissa Knight as Tia
* Sig Hansen as Dan
* Barbara Kottmeier as Carla Veloso
* Daisuke Tsutsumi as Daisu Tsashimi
* Sonoko Konishi as Japanese Toilet Assistant Cartoon
* Jess Fulton as Nick Cartone

### Additional Voices

* Catherine Bolt -
* Gillian Bolt -
* Yuji Ueda -
* David Cowgill -
* Jeff Garlin -
* Keith Wickham -
* David Holt -
* Stanley Townsend -
* Kerry Shale -
* Jess Harnell -
* Mona Marshall -
* Sonoko Konishi - Chuki
* John Lasseter - John Lassetire
* Jill Talley -
* Peter Sohn -
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey -
* Fred Tatasciore -
* Rupert Degas -
* Togo Igawa -
* Rik Mayall
* Tony Anselmo -
* Daniel Okeefe -
* Dice Tsutsumi - Daisu Tsashimi

## Die-casts

### 1:55 scale

#### First released 2011

* Acer
* Brent Mustangburger
* Carla Veloso
* Carlo Maserati
* Cruz Besouro
* Damaged "Rod Torque" Redline
* Darrell Cartrip *(Cars 2)*
* David Hobbscapp
* Denise Beam
* Francesco Bernoulli
* Fred Fisbowski
* Finn McMissile
* Finn McMissile with Weapon
* Giuseppe Motorosi
* Grem
* Holley Shiftwell
* Holley Shiftwell with Wings
* Hudson Hornet Piston Cup Lightning McQueen
* Hydrofoil Finn McMissile
* Jeff Gorvette
* John Lassetire
* Kingpin Nobunaga
* Lewis Hamilton
* Lightning McQueen with Party Wheels
* Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
* Lightning McQueen with Travel Wheels
* Max Schnell
* Miguel Camino
* Miles Axlerod
* Nigel Gearsley
* Petrov Trunkov
* Pinion Tanaka
* Pope Pinion IV
* Professor Z
* Race Team Fillmore
* Race Team Fillmore with Headset
* Race Team Guido
* Race Team Luigi
* Race Team Mater
* Race Team Mater with Headset
* Race Team Sarge
* Raoul ÇaRoule
* Rod "Torque" Redline
* Ronnie Del Cooper
* Sal Machiani
* Security Guard Finn McMissile
* Shu Todoroki
* Submarine Finn McMissile
* The Popemobile
* Tomber
* Tyler Gremlin
* Tomber with Oil Can
* Topper Deckington III
* Uncle Topolino
* Wasabi Mouth Mater
* You the Bomb Mater
* Zen Master Pitty

#### First released 2012

* Acer with Helmet
* Acer with Torch
* Alex Carvill
* Alexander Hugo with Party Hat
* Becky Wheelin
* Bindo
* Bruno Motoreau
* Captured Professor Z
* Cartney Brakin
* Celine Dephare
* Don Crumlin
* Erik Laneley
* Fabrizio
* Flash
* Frosty
* Funny Car Mater
* Galloping Geargrinder
* Hudson Hornet Piston Cup Mack Hauler
* Ka-Ciao Lightning McQueen
* Kimura Kaizo
* Leland Turbo
* Long Ge
* Mama Topolino
* Mary Esgocar
* Mel Dorado
* Memo Rojas, Jr.
* Nick Cartone
* Officer Murakarmi
* Otis
* Petro Cartalina
* Prince Wheeliam
* Radiator Springs Ramone
* Rip Clutchgoneski
* Sir Harley Gassup
* Soapy Mater
* Suki
* Taco Truck Mater
* Taia Decotura
* Tamiko
* The Queen
* Tokyo Party Staff
* Tokyo Party Staff with Brush
* Union Jack Ramone
* Victor Hugo
* Vitaly Petrov
* Vladimir Trunkov

#### First released 2013

* Accordion Pitty
* Airport Mater
* Alex Carvill
* Alloy Hemberger
* Austin Littleton
* Body Shop Artist Ramone
* Brent Mustangburger with Headset
* Chauncy Fares
* Chisaki
* Clutch Foster
* Darrell Cartrip with Headset
* David Hobbscapp with Headset
* Doug Speedcheck
* Dracula Mater
* Drum Pitty
* Franca
* Francesca
* Francesco Fan Mater
* Grem with Weapon
* Guido with Shaker and Glasses
* Harumi
* Hiroaki
* Holley Shiftwell
* Ichigo
* Ivan
* Ivan Mater
* J. Curby Gremlin
* Kabuki Mater
* Krate Rainson-Wash
* Mama Bernoulli
* Mandolin Pitty
* Mark Wheelsen
* Materhosen
* Mike Lorengine
* Miles Axlerod with Open Hood
* Muggsy Liftsome
* Palace Danger Finn McMissile
* Petey Pacer
* Radiator Springs John Lassetire
* Ruka
* Takeshi
* Tolga Trunkov
* Tuba Pitty
* Tubbs Pacer
* Tubbs Pacer with Paint Spray
* Waiter Mater
* Yukio

#### First released 2014

* "Ciao" Francesco Bernoulli
* 95 Fan Guido
* 95 Fan Luigi
* Acer with Headset
* Alberto
* Alfredo
* Bob Moter
* Carateka
* Cardinal Angelo
* Cardinal Antonio
* Carinne Cavvy
* Carla Veloso with Flames
* Cartney Carsper
* Emmanuel
* Father Burke
* Geartrude
* Grem with Camera
* Henri Motisse
* Interview Francesco Bernoulli
* Jessica Giampetrol
* John
* Jonathan Shiftko
* Kimberly Rims
* Lee Racé
* Louis LaRue
* Lubewig
* Mach Matsuo
* Marcelo
* Marco
* Nate Stanchion
* Nancy
* Nigel Gearsley with Flames
* Race Team Guido with Headset
* Race Team Luigi with Headset
* Race Team Sarge with Headset
* Shawn Krash
* Towin' Eoin
* Trike Feldman
* Wheel Well Guido
* Wild Miles Axlerod

#### First released 2015

* Acer in Trouble
* Acer with Luggage Cart
* Brett Warnewagen
* Brian Fuel
* Bruce Boxmann
* Daisu Tsashimi
* Edamame Tsashimi
* Gearett Taylor
* Grem in Trouble
* Jumpstart J. Ward
* M. Fenderickson
* Manny Roadriguez
* Mater with Allinol Cans
* Michael Honksel
* Mike Fuse
* Miles Axlerod with Microphone
* Nat McLugnut
* Paul Oilkley
* Sajan Karia
* Scott Motorse
* Scott Spark
* Siren Carbarini
* Terry Gong
* Trent Crow-Tow
* Ucchi

#### First released 2016

* Alex Machino
* Alexis Wheelson
* Artist Ramone
* Bob Pulley
* E. Manual Maniez
* Finn McMissile with Breather
* Grem with Helmet
* Haiki
* Holley Shiftwell with Electroshock Device
* Jason Hubkap
* Jerome Ramped
* Jesse Haullander
* Justin Partson
* Lightning McQueen with No Tires
* Mater with Balloon
* Mater with Duct Tape
* Mater with No Tires
* Max Sacar
* Max Schnell's Pitty
* Otto Bonn
* Stefan Gremsky
* Towga Gremlin
* Turbo Bullock
* Vic Vanley

#### First released 2017

* Body Shop Union Jack Ramone
* Fighting Face Mater
* Tom Tach
* Vladimir Trunkov with Car Boot

#### First released 2018

* Adam Parke
* Honk Cho
* Sgt. Highgear

#### First released 2019

##### 2018/19 Mainline

* Nick Pit-Tire
* WGP Globie

#### First released 2022

* Colin Bohrev
* Revney Grillante

### Color Changers

#### First released 2011

* Finn McMissile
* Francesco Bernoulli
* Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
* Race Team Sarge
* Raoul ÇaRoule

### Lights & Sounds

#### First released 2011

* Darrell Cartrip with Headset
* Finn McMissile
* Francesco Bernoulli
* Holley Shiftwell
* Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
* Mater
* Miles Axlerod
* Professor Z
* Race Team Fillmore
* Race Team Sarge with Headset
* Ramone
* Rod "Torque" Redline
* Spy Finn McMissile
* Spy Mater

### Mini Racers

#### First released 2020

* Artist Ramone
* Francesco Bernoulli

#### First released 2021

* Carla Veloso
* Funny Car Mater
* Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
* Radiator Springs Ramone
* Siddeley
* Union Jack Ramone

#### First released 2022

* Finn McMissile
* Holley Shiftwell
* Raoul ÇaRoule
* Soapy Mater