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  • Do you know Lightning McQueen's real name?

  • We're about to speed through the answer to this and so much more.

  • Yeah, McQueen!

  • Let's drive into the world of Disney and Pixar's "Cars".

  • Oh, yeah. Woo!

  • As gearheads have noticed over the years, everything in this film is inspired by automobiles, car parts, or motor motifs.

  • The flowers are made of tail lights and fins, the airplane tracks in the sky are tire marks, and the beetles areyou guessed itVolkswagen Beetles.

  • When Lightning McQueen is called into traffic court, the ceiling fans are actually engine fans.

  • But perhaps the most iconic car tribute is in Radiator Springs,

  • where the mountains that frame the town are a series of Cadillac tailfins, which are identical to the actual tailfins of the cars built from 1956 to 1963.

  • It's inspired by a real art piece called "Cadillac Ranch" in Amarillo, Texas.

  • Amazing.

  • Of course, "Cars" would not be the same without Lightning McQueen himself.

  • Or should we say... Monty?

  • What?

  • That's right, Lightning's real name is Montgomery McQueen, but this race car whose all about speed wanted his professional racing name to match.

  • I'm a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics.

  • As for his last name, it's a tribute to Glenn McQueen, a Pixar animator who worked on the film and passed away during production.

  • And what would a Pixar movie be without its Easter eggs?

  • One classic Pixar Easter egg is A113, which can be seen on Mater's license plate.

  • Lightning McQueen's racing number is 95, in reference to the year "Toy Story" was released.

  • And speaking of "Toy Story", the famous Pizza Planet truck actually appears in this movie twice.

  • Once on the highway during a montage, and again in the announcer stands during the final race.

  • If you're a fan of Pixar's short films,

  • you can spot the jackalope from "Boundin'" on the back of one of the motor homes here and the birds from "For the Birds" on this power line.

  • What's one of our favorite Easter eggs in "Cars"?

  • A call out to Pixar itself.

  • The filmmakers added a sign for Emeryville, which is the city where Pixar's campus is actually located.

  • It's even better than I pictured it.

  • Thanks for riding along.

  • You can stream "Cars" any time on Disney+.

Do you know Lightning McQueen's real name?

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