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'''London''' is a British city located in [[England]]. London was the place where the third race of the [[World Grand Prix]] was run and where it was discovered that the World Grand Prix was a farce staged to discredit alternative fuels.
{{Quote|What's everybody on the wrong side of the road for?|Mater|Cars 2}}
'''London''' is a British city located in [[United Kingdom|England]], and the location of the third [[World Grand Prix]] race in ''[[Cars 2]]''.


London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. The town has a rich past, and it still has numerous historical buildings and monuments. It hosts the last race of the [[World Grand Prix]].
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. The town has a rich past, and it still has numerous historical buildings and monuments. It hosts the last race of the World Grand Prix.


This [[London Circuit|race track]] passes, as for the two other races, on the streets of the host town, in this case notably borrowing the Mall, and getting in front of [[Buckingham Palace]].
The [[London Circuit|race track]] passes, as for the two other races, on the streets of the host town, in this case notably borrowing the Mall, and getting in front of [[Buckingham Palace]].
==Residents==
 
*[[The Queen]]
London also appears in ''[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]'', where many races and other missions take place.
*[[Prince Wheeliam]]
*[[Sgt. Highgear]]
*[[Topper Deckington III]]
*[[Chauncy Fares]]
*[[Mark Wheelsen]]
*[[Doug Speedcheck]]
*[[Mike Lorengine]]
*[[Maurice]]
*[[Victor Paveone]]
*[[Josh Coolant]]
==Places in London==


==Places==
*[[Buckingham Palace]]
*[[Buckingham Palace]]
*[[Big Bentley]]
*[[Big Bentley]]
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*[[Fizzy Petrol Shop]]
*[[Fizzy Petrol Shop]]
*[[Lewis Performance Parts]]
*[[Lewis Performance Parts]]
*[[Trafalgear]]: Destination of a double decker bus
*[[Trafalgear]]
*[[Killswitch]]: Destination of #13 double decker bus [[Topper Deckington III]]
*[[Killswitch]]
*[[Petroldilly Circus]]: Part of the circuit of Topper Deckington III
*[[Petroldilly Circus]]
 
==Ways and streets==
==Ways and streets==
*[[Lasseter Way]]
*[[Lasseter Way]]
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*[[Piper Lane]]
*[[Piper Lane]]
*[[The Mall]]
*[[The Mall]]
==Trivia==
 
*[[File:Capture_plein_écran_2011-06-17_073912.jpg|thumb]]An advertisement for "[[Lassetyre|LasseTyre]]" is seen around the World Grand Prix race track. The brand's name is a play on the last name of [[John Lasseter]], and happen to be the same as for [[John Lassetire]]'s last name.
==Residents==
*The dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral is shaped like a car’s differential gear casing.
*[[The Queen]]
*Big Ben is renamed Big Bentley in Cars 2, and is made up of Bentley grilles and hood ornaments. Production Designer [[Harley Jessup]] added that "In order to make it fit into the Cars world, we scaled it up about 250 percent — even the clockworks, which would actually fit in a conference room, were scaled up by at least 50 times their normal size."
*[[Prince Wheeliam]]
*The Latin inscription below the clock dial on Big Bentley reads “God Salvage Crown Victoria the First” – a reference to the Ford Crown Victoria.
*[[Sir Harley Gassup]]
*The Lucite canopy over the Queen’s platform is based on the canopy built for Prince Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales.
*[[Sgt. Highgear]]
*The architecture of the race pits in London is based on Landau bars, a design feature used on cars to simulate the look of a convertible.
*[[Topper Deckington III]]
*For the London race course, [[Pixar]] had to create nearly 20 miles of landscape and environment.
*[[Chauncy Fares]]
*The fight between the Lemons and Mater and his friends takes place at the intersection of Tyre Iron Street and Sixth Gear Road.
*[[Mark Wheelsen]]
*A road is named "Lasseter Way".
*[[Siren Carbarini]]
*In the movie, Tower Bridge is named Tyre Bridge.
*[[Doug Speedcheck]]
*The knighting room is decorated with "car-ified" ancient paintings, featuring notably a battle of sailing ships.
*[[Scott Spark]]
*The tie-in storybooks for some reason showed Holley Shiftwell's escape from Big Bentley as showing her smashing apart an entire clock face. In the actual film, Holley only smashed away the "5."
*[[Mike Lorengine]]
*In the film, Trafalgar is renamed Trafalgear, and Piccadilly Circus is renamed Petroldilly Circus.
*[[Gearett Taylor]]
*In the comic, Acer and Grem were thrown into a garbage truck instead of Ye Left Turn Inn.
*[[Maurice Wheelks]]
*[[Victor Paveone]]
*[[Jumpstart J. Ward]]
*[[Scott Motorse]]
*[[Corporal Josh Coolant]]
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" bordersize="none">
<gallery>
LondonPanorama.jpg|A beautiful panorama
LondonPanorama.jpg|A panorama
London parliament.jpg
London parliament.jpg
Cars-2-landmark-concept-art-image-2.jpg|The [[Houses of Parliament]]
Cars-2-landmark-concept-art-image-2.jpg|The [[Houses of Parliament]]
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the_art_of_cars_-_st_pauls_cathedral.jpg|St. Paul's Cathedral concept art
the_art_of_cars_-_st_pauls_cathedral.jpg|St. Paul's Cathedral concept art
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:Places and Locations]]
 
==Trivia==
[[File:Capture plein écran 2011-06-17 073912.jpg|thumb]]
*An advertisement for "[[Lassetyre|LasseTyre]]" is seen around the World Grand Prix race track. The brand's name is a play on the last name of [[John Lasseter]], and happen to be the same as for [[John Lassetire]]'s last name.
*The Lucite canopy over the Queen’s platform is based on the canopy built for Prince Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales.
*The architecture of the race pits in London is based on Landau bars, a design feature used on cars to simulate the look of a convertible.
*For the London race course, [[Pixar]] had to create nearly 20 miles (32&nbsp;km) of landscape and environment.
*The fight between the Lemons and Mater and his friends takes place at the intersection of Tyre Iron Street and Sixth Gear Road.
*A road is named "Lasseter Way".
*The knighting room is decorated with "car-ified" ancient paintings, featuring notably a battle of sailing ships.
*The tie-in storybooks for some reason showed Holley Shiftwell's escape from Big Bentley as showing her smashing apart an entire clock face. In the actual film, Holley only smashed away the "5."
*In the film, Trafalgar is renamed Trafalgear, and Piccadilly Circus is renamed Petroldilly Circus.
*In [[Cars 3: Driven to Win]] the London Tack from [[Cars 2: The Video Game]] is recycled as one of the unlockable racetracks under the name "London's Buckingham Sprint".
 
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Cars 3: Driven to Win]]
[[Category:Cars 3: Driven to Win locations]]
[[Category:Cars 2 locations]]
[[Category:UK]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 19 June 2024

File:London overview.jpg
"What's everybody on the wrong side of the road for?"
—Mater, Cars 2

London is a British city located in England, and the location of the third World Grand Prix race in Cars 2.

London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. The town has a rich past, and it still has numerous historical buildings and monuments. It hosts the last race of the World Grand Prix.

The race track passes, as for the two other races, on the streets of the host town, in this case notably borrowing the Mall, and getting in front of Buckingham Palace.

London also appears in Cars 2: The Video Game, where many races and other missions take place.

Places

Ways and streets

Residents

Gallery

Trivia

  • An advertisement for "LasseTyre" is seen around the World Grand Prix race track. The brand's name is a play on the last name of John Lasseter, and happen to be the same as for John Lassetire's last name.
  • The Lucite canopy over the Queen’s platform is based on the canopy built for Prince Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales.
  • The architecture of the race pits in London is based on Landau bars, a design feature used on cars to simulate the look of a convertible.
  • For the London race course, Pixar had to create nearly 20 miles (32 km) of landscape and environment.
  • The fight between the Lemons and Mater and his friends takes place at the intersection of Tyre Iron Street and Sixth Gear Road.
  • A road is named "Lasseter Way".
  • The knighting room is decorated with "car-ified" ancient paintings, featuring notably a battle of sailing ships.
  • The tie-in storybooks for some reason showed Holley Shiftwell's escape from Big Bentley as showing her smashing apart an entire clock face. In the actual film, Holley only smashed away the "5."
  • In the film, Trafalgar is renamed Trafalgear, and Piccadilly Circus is renamed Petroldilly Circus.
  • In Cars 3: Driven to Win the London Tack from Cars 2: The Video Game is recycled as one of the unlockable racetracks under the name "London's Buckingham Sprint".
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