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Not of that precise name, but there are other racing tracks in the Los Angeles area. While the exterior design of the track's facade is based heavily on that of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the track itself is very similar to the Auto Club Speedway, located in Fontana, in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles.

Not by that name. The track depicted in the movie appears to be a somewhat-enlarged version of Bristol Motor Speedway, located in Bristol, Tennessee. In reality, however, BMS has no grass along the inner edge of the track and no infield seating area due to the limited space inside the short (0.566-mile) track.

Although the town was based loosely on Amboy, California (a town on Route 66 that also saw a drastic decline after the grand opening of a section of I-40; additionally, there are also suggestions of Seligman, Arizona and Gallup, New Mexico), its landmarks are said to be based on buildings in other Route 66 towns. For example, Ramone's body-art business closely resembles the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, Texas; the neon sign from Sarge's Army Surplus Store is a reference to a similar sign that advertised a now-defunct business in Galena, Kansas; The Cozy Cone Motel is similar to the Wigwam Village in Holbrook, Arizona; and cacti filling the landscape, as well as the red mountain backdrop, suggest that the town might be in Arizona or New Mexico. The real "Fabulous Hudson Hornet" upon which Doc Hudson was based can be found at the Darlington Raceway museum in Darlington, South Carolina. The geological rock formations around the town seem to resemble automobiles in a few different ways. Specifically, the so-called Cadillac Range features hills resembling the up-ended cars of Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, while other formations resemble the front-end grilles, wheel-wells and headlight arrays of non-distinct 40's and 50's autos.

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His voice, was provided by Jeremy Piven who also plays Vincent Chase's agent on the TV-series "Entourage". The UK release used the outspoken Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson as the voice of Harv.

The animators decided to put the eyes up on the windshield, because that made the characters more expressive. This idea was largely influenced by the 50's Disney cartoon Susie the Little Blue Coupe, one of director John Lasseter's favorite cartoons.

No. His name was actually named after Glenn McQueen, a Pixar animator who died in 2002.

If you like Pixar's animation in Cars, you will certainly want to see some of the other Pixar productions, including Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999), A Bug's Life (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and WALL·E (2008).