Cars Trivia

Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation, and other trivia about Cars.

Cameos

 * During "Life is a Highway," the birds from For the Birds can be seen sitting on a telephone wire. The Monsters, Inc. factory can also be seen.
 * Dinoco is also the gas station Buzz Lightyear and Woody gets stranded in Toy Story.
 * The Pizza Planet delivery truck, which has shown up in every Pixar film, appears before the final race, next to the Elvis camper in the left background behind Bob Cutlass.

Other trivia

 * One of Fillmore's bumper stickers reads 'Save 2D Animation.' Another reads, "I brake for Jackalopes", a reference to Boundin'.
 * The tires of Lightning McQueen are Buzzard models manufactured by Lightyear: Buzz Lightyear.
 * Chick Hicks's number (86) is a reference to the year Pixar was founded. Lightning McQueen's number (95) is a reference to the year Toy Story was released in the theaters.
 * During the introductory race there is a white car with the Apple logo.
 * Ornament Valley, near Radiator Springs, is shaped like car hoods. The mountain range surrounding Radiator Springs is called Cadillac Range. The mountains are shaped like quarter panels of 50's Cadillacs.
 * The neon lights on top of the canopy at Flo's V8 Cafe fire in the same pattern as a 1932 Ford V8 Flathead.
 * A camper van who is watching the final race, is surrounded by flamingos which is a reference to Knick Knack.
 * On average, it took 17 hours to render each frame of the film. In addition, it was the first Pixar film to use ray-tracing to accurately create the reflections on the cars.
 * Cars was originally going to be called Route 66, which would make a lot of sense because of the location that the movie takes place in.
 * The snowman from Knick Knack is seen in the snowglobe in Lizzie's Curious Shop.
 * This is the first Pixar movie that used the word "hell". The second time was Ratatouille.