Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic talking cars and other vehicles, it follows an overconfident, conceited rookie race car named Lightning McQueen (Wilson) who, on his way to the biggest race of his life, discovers in the rundown town of Radiator Springs when he gets stranded, where he learns humility ...

Lightning McQueen, #95, is a hotshot rookie race car who loves going faster than fast. When he's not racing, he spends his time in Radiator Springs with his best pal, Mater.

C6 Chevrolet Corvette He is not based on any particular type of vehicle, but seems to most closely resemble a C6 Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Viper. His body is painted red with yellow and orange lightning bolt stickers featuring his racing number on his sides.

Chevrolet Corvette C6 Lighting McQueen is modeled after the Chevrolet Corvette C1 and the Chevrolet Corvette C6. However, if you were to ask McQueen himself, he would probably say something along the lines of a "2006 Custom-Built Piston Cup Racing stock car."

The message in "Cars" is simplicity itself: Life was better in the old days, when it revolved around small towns where everybody knew each other, and around small highways like Route 66, where you made new friends, sometimes even between Flagstaff and Winona.

Relationships matter more than fame and success. Lightening McQueen, a rookie race car, competing in the famous “Piston Cup,” has had a single focus all his life: winning. But midway through the movie, he becomes painfully aware that he lacks friends.

In a nod to NASCAR tradition, Lightning McQueen sports a yellow “rookie stripe” on his rear bumper during his first Piston Cup race. Lightning McQueen was certainly a powerful car, and it took powerful computers to bring him to life…so powerful in fact that they were 1,000 times faster than those used in Toy Story.

His values change from self-love, winning, popularity, and fame to friends, to respecting others, and leading by example. Important leadership qualities Lightning McQueen acquired throughout this movie include: INTEGRITY, SPORTSMANSHIP, HUMILITY, PATIENCE, TOLERANCE, GRATITUDE, LISTENING SKILLS, and HUMOR.

In addition to McQueen's design elements, his character's famous catchphrase "Ka-Chow!" has made him a crowd-favorite.

Cars fans can't just go out and buy their own Lightning McQueen, because the character isn't based on any one specific kind of car. He's an amalgamation of a few racing cars, muscle cars, and sports cars, with a couple of unique characteristics of his own.

While McQueen is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, the artists mixed and matched elements of the Chevrolet Corvette C6 and Corvette C1.

In this theory, the near-vestigial human body is placed within a specially-designed automobile that becomes the human's permanent carapace, a new physical body through which the human can perceive and interact with the world.

Yellow flag. The yellow flag means caution. The solid yellow flag, or caution flag, universally requires drivers to slow down due to a hazard on the track, typically an accident, a stopped car, debris or light rain.

In "Cars 3," Lightning McQueen's mind is strong, but his flesh is weak. Er, metal. His metal is weak. For his third lap around the cinematic track, the Owen Wilson-voiced red racecar faces a great horror: his impending obsolescence.

In addition to McQueen's design elements, his character's famous catchphrase "Ka-Chow!" has made him a crowd-favorite. “He's the new rookie, he's kinda sexy, he's fast, he's different," production designer Bob Pauley said in an interview with AutoWeek.

You probably know that Lightning McQueen's number is 95, but it wasn't always going to be that. His number was originally 57, which is the year director John Lasseter was born. Incidentally, 95 represents the year that Toy Story, Pixar's first feature film, was released.