Cars 2 Trivia

Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation and other trivia from Cars 2.

Cameos

 * Several brands that sponsored Piston Cup teams in Cars appear in Cars 2 on advertisements in Tokyo. These includes Nitroade, RPM, Easy Idle, Vitoline, Mood Springs, Clutch Aid, Tank Coat, Gasprin, an allusion to Lil' Torquey Pistons and also Dinoco. A concept art also shows Octane Gain.
 * Gusteau's from Ratatouille appears under the name of Gastow's.
 * In Tokyo a billboard of Harryhausen's from Monsters, Inc. makes a cameo.
 * Also in Tokyo an advertisement for a Lotso bear from Toy Story 3 is seen.
 * When Finn, Holly, and Mater are examining the photo of the mystery engine, the digits "A113" are pictured in a sort-of VIN number digiting. This is one of the cameos of the "A113" digits found in Pixar Animation Movies.
 * A113 also appears on Siddeley's tail.
 * As in Cars, A113 is present on Mater's license plate
 * In the beginning of the movie while McQueen and Mater are in Radiator Springs, the drive-in they pass by is playing a movie titled "The Incredimobiles", a reference to The Incredibles.

Other Trivia

 * Cars 2 is be the first sequel Pixar has produced not based on the Toy Story movies.
 * The world globe that appears on some posters has geographical differences with the real Earth : some regions have been streched and modified to get the silhouette of main characters of the movie : Ireland looks like Lightning McQueen, Quebec like Mater, island of Hispaniola like Finn McMissile and Superior Lake like Francesco Bernoulli.
 * The character team built 145 new character models for the film and 781 variants. These variants, which are primarily background cars, include 13 model variants – unique character models that are based on other new models – and 768 shading variants – models that are re-used from classic and new Cars, Cars 2 and Cars Toons models, but with new, unique paint schemes. In total, there are 926 new characters in Cars 2.
 * Cars 2 is the first and so far only sequel to the Cars Movie Line.
 * In a Prediction, a spoiler for a Toy Story 4 which includes the short film "Haiwaiian Vacation" Where it seems that Buzz, Woody and the rest of the gang is humming along without Andy. It also gives away an idea of when Buzz talks to Woody about another adventure. This Movie is the only movie to have a Toy Story Short Film and this is the latest short film from Pixar.
 * State Farm is mentioned briefly, when McMissile and Shiftwell tell Mater that he is a secret agent, he thinks they mean an insurance agent, and sings, "Like a good neighbor, Mater is there!", a reference to the State Farm jingle.