|performer = [[Eddie Izzard]]|occupation = Host of the [[World Grand Prix]]<br />Leader of the Lemons
|performer = [[Eddie Izzard]]
|aliases = Sir Miles Axlerod}}'''Miles Axlerod''' is the main antagonist of [[Cars 2]]. He was a rich oil baron, before his arrest in London for destroying the climax of the [[World Grand Prix]], his own scam of an event.
|occupation = Host of the [[World Grand Prix]]<br />Leader of the Lemons}}[[File:Cars 2 Turntable "Miles Axlerod"|thumb|300px|right]]'''Miles Axlerod''' is the main antagonist of [[Cars 2]]. He was a rich oil baron, before his arrest in [[London]] for destroying the climax of the [[World Grand Prix]], his own scam of an event.
==Bio==
==Bio==
Axlerod is a former oil baron who has sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and has devoted his life to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future — ultimately discovering what he believes is the fuel everyone should be using. Axlerod is also the host of the World Grand Prix, a three-country race he created that attracts the world’s top athletes to promote his new clean burning fuel, Allinol.
===Cars 2===
Axlerod is a former oil baron who has sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and has devoted his life to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future — ultimately discovering what he believes is the fuel everyone should be using. Axlerod is also the host of the World Grand Prix, a three-country race he created that attracts the world’s top athletes to promote his new clean burning fuel, [[Allinol]].
Though at first [[Professor Zündapp]] appears to be the main villain, it is revealed near the end of the film by [[Tow Mater|Mater]] that Axlerod is actually the villain. His supposed "alternative fuel" was actually gasoline engineered to expand and eventually explode if hit with an electromagnetic pulse, and was part of a plot to turn the world against alternative energy and have them rely on gasoline, bringing profits to the [[:Category:Lemons|lemons]] and himself due to the fact that they own the largest untapped [[Oil Rig|oil reserves]] in the world. At a party promoting the World Grand Prix, he leaked oil on the floor, proving that he wasn't an electric car; he blamed it on Mater.
[[File:Untitled_4.png|thumb|Keep away, you idiot!]]Eventually, Axlerod arranges for Zündapp and the lemon cars to plant a bomb on Mater's air filter as a backup plan to kill [[Lightning McQueen]]. Mater later discovers the story about the conspiracy after helping [[Finn McMissile]] and [[Holley Shiftwell]] arrest Zündapp and the lemon cars, and confronts Axlerod for it, and his suspicions are confirmed when he forces Axlerod into deactivating the bomb with a voice command in order to keep the bomb from killing himself since he would have been caught in the blast. To proceed further, Mater opens Axlerod's hood, revealing the same engine (a Rover V8) as the unseen mastermind depicted in the photo, which Finn and Holley obtained from their [[Rod "Torque" Redline|American counterpart]] earlier, proving to be a perfect match. It is not told what happened to Axlerod after having his plot exposed. But it can be implied that in the end of the movie, he gets arrested on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime, murder and embezzlement, since he is last seen being surrounded by several police cars.
Though at first [[Professor Z]] appears to be the main antagonist, it is revealed near the end of the film by [[Mater]] that Axlerod is actually the antagonist. His supposed "alternative fuel" was actually gasoline engineered to expand if hit with an electro-magnetic pulse, and was Professor Z's part of a plot to turn the world against alternative energy and have them rely on gasoline, bringing profits to the lemons and himself due to the fact they owned the largest untapped oil reserves in the world. It is unknown what happened to Axlerod after he was revealed to be the main antagonist, but it is assumed that he was arrested and sent to prison.
==Personality==
==Personality==
Charming as he seems, Miles is a villain. He is evil and rude. Miles is also clearly a smart thinker, as he had thought the entire plan to get rid of [[Allinol]] through, as he set everything up to make him look like an innocent car. At the end, he was proven to be the villain.
Charming as he seems, Miles is a villain. He is evil and rude. Miles is also clearly a smart thinker, as he had thought the entire plan to get rid of Allinol through, as he set everything up to make him look like an innocent car. At the end, he was proven to be the villain.
==Livery==
==Livery==
Miles is painted dark green, with chrome rims and a black roof. He has blue eyes, and his paint scheme matchs that color.
Miles is painted dark green, with chrome rims and a black roof.
==Model==
==Model==
Miles is modeled on a modified Range Rover L322.
His design resembles an extremely modified version of a [[Land Rover|Range Rover]] L322.
His license plate reads ALT NRG, an abbreviation of "alternative energy". However, before his "electric conversion" (ultimately a lie), he does not appear to have a license plate at all.
His license plate is ALT NRG, an abbreviation of "alternative energy". However, before his "electric conversion" (ultimately a lie), he does not appear to have a license plate at all.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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===Video Games===
===Video Games===
*[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]
*[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]
==Merchandising==
==Merchandising==
*[[1:55 Scale Diecast]] (''normal and with open hood'')
*[[1:55 Scale Diecast]] (''normal and with open hood'')
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*[[Disney Store Diecast Line]]
*[[Disney Store Diecast Line]]
*[[Geotrax]]
*[[Geotrax]]
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Miles' design resembles an extremely modified version of a Range Rover L322.
*His license plate is ALT NRG, an abbreviation of "alternative energy".
*Miles' tires' texture repeats a leaf-shaped motif.
*Miles' tires' texture repeats a leaf-shaped motif.
*If you look closely at his front wheels you can see the words 'REGEN R8' meaning 'Regenerate'.
*If you look closely at his front wheels, you can see the words 'REGEN R8' meaning 'Regenerate'.
*Miles uses a lot of parts made by "British Wheeland" to keep himself going. "British Wheeland" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:British Leyland|British Leyland]], which produced both the Range Rover and the notoriously unstable V-8 engine that powered them. Even the logo was a parody of British Leyland's, using a big bold printed W instead of the big bold [[File:Where_have_I_seen_that_before?.png|thumb|Miles emerging from the jungle from ''Up'']]printed L. Mater states truthfully that B.L. made parts won't fit on other cars because of them not using standardized bolts.
*Miles uses a lot of parts made by "British Wheeland" to keep himself going. "British Wheeland" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:British Leyland|British Leyland]], which produced both the Range Rover and the notoriously unstable V-8 engine that powered them. Even the logo was a parody of British Leyland's, using a big bold printed W instead of the big bold [[File:Where_have_I_seen_that_before?.png|thumb|Miles emerging from the jungle from ''Up'']]printed L. Mater states truthfully that B.L. made parts that won't fit on other cars because of them not using standardized bolts.
*The jungle Miles gets lost in before he converts to an electric vehicle is the jungle from ''[http://pixar.wikia.com/Up Up]''.
*The [[South American Jungle|jungle]] Miles gets lost in before he converts to an electric vehicle is the jungle from ''[http://pixar.wikia.com/Up Up]''.
*The DVD commentary for Cars 2 states that the climax where Mater confronts Axlerod at Buckingham Palace over the plot to sabotage the World Grand Prix came rather early in production, so the Pixar team went backwards from there to make Axlerod the ultimate good guy and someone else the bad guy, so that when it got up to the climax, everyone could see how brilliant Mater was in figuring out the whole thing.
*The DVD commentary for Cars 2 states that the climax where Mater confronts Axlerod at Buckingham Palace over the plot to sabotage the World Grand Prix came rather early in production, so the [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] team went backwards from there to make Axlerod the ultimate good guy and someone else the bad guy, so that when it got up to the climax, everyone could see how brilliant Mater was in figuring out the whole thing.
*Before coming up with Axlerod, Pixar had considered a [[Zil|Russian super car]] as the main villain.
*Before coming up with Axlerod, Pixar had considered a [[Zil|Russian super car]] as the main villain.
*Axlerod's name apparently originated from an old joke his voice actor [[Eddie Izzard]] actually once told concerning the invention of the wheel and axle.{{cite}}
*Axlerod's name apparently originated from an old joke his voice actor [[Eddie Izzard]] actually once told concerning the invention of the wheel and axle.{{cite}}
*Along with [[Grem]], [[Acer]], [[Professor Z]] and [[Victor Hugo]], Axlerod is playable in [[Cars 2: The Video Game]], even though they are villains. However, it could be that the tracks are actually part of the simulation, so it's possible that they are part of it as well.
*Along with [[Grem]], [[Acer]], Professor Z and [[Victor Hugo]], Axlerod is playable in Cars 2: The Video Game, even though they are villains. However, it could be that the tracks are actually part of the simulation, so it's possible that they are part of it as well.
*Axlerod's personality is very similar to that of [http://pixar.wikia.com/Henry_J._Waternoose_III Waternoose] (the antagonist from ''[http://pixar.wikia.com/Monsters,_Inc. Monsters, Inc.]''): both are portrayed as evil businessmen who are originally introduced as being friendly, both rely on deception as part of their motivations, and both are ultimately defeated by being exposed by the heroes as villains and being subsequently arrested.
*Axlerod's personality is very similar to that of [http://pixar.wikia.com/Henry_J._Waternoose_III Waternoose] (one of the main antagonists from ''[http://pixar.wikia.com/Monsters,_Inc. Monsters, Inc.]''): both are portrayed as evil businessmen who are originally introduced as being friendly, both rely on deception as part of their motivations, and both are ultimately defeated by being exposed by the heroes as villains and being subsequently arrested.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{{Quote|'''Miles Axlerod:''' "Ah! He's a little excited, isn't he?"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater!"<br>'''Mater:''' "But wait, I... Oh, shoot!"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater!"<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "Have anyone got a towel?"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater! You have to get ahold of yourself! You're making a scene!"<br>'''Mater:''' "But I never leak oil. Never."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Go take care of yourself right now!!!"
{{Quote|'''Miles Axlerod:''' "Ah! He's a little excited, isn't he?"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater!"<br>'''Mater:''' "But wait, I... Oh, shoot!"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater!"<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "Has anyone got a towel?"<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Mater, you have to get a hold of yourself! You're making a scene!"<br>'''Mater:''' "But I never leak oil. Never."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Go take care of yourself right now!"|When he was leaking oil and blamed Mater for it.}}
|When he was leaking oil and blamed [[Mater]] for it.}}
{{Quote|'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Sir Axlerod."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I'm sorry to interrupt."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "No, no. It - it's all right."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I just wanted to come down here, and to personally thank you. Because after Italy, I was finished, and then you gave me one last shot."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Listen, I. . ."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I probably shouldn't be saying this at all, but I hope you win today. You show the world that they've been wrong about Allinol."<br>'''Sally Carrera:''' "Mater would want you to race."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "All right. For Mater."|Miles "thanks" Lightning for deciding to use Allinol for the race in London.}}
{{Quote|'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Sir Axlerod."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I'm sorry to interrupt."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "No, no, it - it's alright."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I just wanted to come down here, and to personally thank you. Because after Italy, I was finished, and then you gave me one last shot."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "Listen, I. . ."<br>'''Miles Axlerod:''' "I probably shouldn't be saying this at all, but I hope you win today. You show the world that they've been wrong about Allinol."<br>'''Sally Carrera:''' "Mater would want you to race."<br>'''Lightning McQueen:''' "All right. For Mater."|Miles "thanks" Lightning for deciding to use Allinol for the race in London.}}
*"Deactivate!"
*"Deactivate!"
*How did the tow truck figure it out?! (Axlerod's last words before getting sent prison)
*"How did the tow truck figure it out?" (Axlerod's last words)
Miles Axlerod is the main antagonist of Cars 2. He was a rich oil baron, before his arrest in London for destroying the climax of the World Grand Prix, his own scam of an event.
Axlerod is a former oil baron who has sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and has devoted his life to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future — ultimately discovering what he believes is the fuel everyone should be using. Axlerod is also the host of the World Grand Prix, a three-country race he created that attracts the world’s top athletes to promote his new clean burning fuel, Allinol.
Though at first Professor Zündapp appears to be the main villain, it is revealed near the end of the film by Mater that Axlerod is actually the villain. His supposed "alternative fuel" was actually gasoline engineered to expand and eventually explode if hit with an electromagnetic pulse, and was part of a plot to turn the world against alternative energy and have them rely on gasoline, bringing profits to the lemons and himself due to the fact that they own the largest untapped oil reserves in the world. At a party promoting the World Grand Prix, he leaked oil on the floor, proving that he wasn't an electric car; he blamed it on Mater.
Keep away, you idiot!
Eventually, Axlerod arranges for Zündapp and the lemon cars to plant a bomb on Mater's air filter as a backup plan to kill Lightning McQueen. Mater later discovers the story about the conspiracy after helping Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell arrest Zündapp and the lemon cars, and confronts Axlerod for it, and his suspicions are confirmed when he forces Axlerod into deactivating the bomb with a voice command in order to keep the bomb from killing himself since he would have been caught in the blast. To proceed further, Mater opens Axlerod's hood, revealing the same engine (a Rover V8) as the unseen mastermind depicted in the photo, which Finn and Holley obtained from their American counterpart earlier, proving to be a perfect match. It is not told what happened to Axlerod after having his plot exposed. But it can be implied that in the end of the movie, he gets arrested on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime, murder and embezzlement, since he is last seen being surrounded by several police cars.
Personality
Charming as he seems, Miles is a villain. He is evil and rude. Miles is also clearly a smart thinker, as he had thought the entire plan to get rid of Allinol through, as he set everything up to make him look like an innocent car. At the end, he was proven to be the villain.
Livery
Miles is painted dark green, with chrome rims and a black roof.
Model
His design resembles an extremely modified version of a Range Rover L322.
His license plate is ALT NRG, an abbreviation of "alternative energy". However, before his "electric conversion" (ultimately a lie), he does not appear to have a license plate at all.
Miles' tires' texture repeats a leaf-shaped motif.
If you look closely at his front wheels, you can see the words 'REGEN R8' meaning 'Regenerate'.
Miles uses a lot of parts made by "British Wheeland" to keep himself going. "British Wheeland" is a parody of British Leyland, which produced both the Range Rover and the notoriously unstable V-8 engine that powered them. Even the logo was a parody of British Leyland's, using a big bold printed W instead of the big bold File:Where have I seen that before?.pngMiles emerging from the jungle from Upprinted L. Mater states truthfully that B.L. made parts that won't fit on other cars because of them not using standardized bolts.
The jungle Miles gets lost in before he converts to an electric vehicle is the jungle from Up.
The DVD commentary for Cars 2 states that the climax where Mater confronts Axlerod at Buckingham Palace over the plot to sabotage the World Grand Prix came rather early in production, so the Pixar team went backwards from there to make Axlerod the ultimate good guy and someone else the bad guy, so that when it got up to the climax, everyone could see how brilliant Mater was in figuring out the whole thing.
Before coming up with Axlerod, Pixar had considered a Russian super car as the main villain.
Axlerod's name apparently originated from an old joke his voice actor Eddie Izzard actually once told concerning the invention of the wheel and axle.[citation needed]
Along with Grem, Acer, Professor Z and Victor Hugo, Axlerod is playable in Cars 2: The Video Game, even though they are villains. However, it could be that the tracks are actually part of the simulation, so it's possible that they are part of it as well.
Axlerod's personality is very similar to that of Waternoose (one of the main antagonists from Monsters, Inc.): both are portrayed as evil businessmen who are originally introduced as being friendly, both rely on deception as part of their motivations, and both are ultimately defeated by being exposed by the heroes as villains and being subsequently arrested.
Quotes
"Miles Axlerod: "Ah! He's a little excited, isn't he?" Lightning McQueen: "Mater!" Mater: "But wait, I... Oh, shoot!" Lightning McQueen: "Mater!" Miles Axlerod: "Has anyone got a towel?" Lightning McQueen: "Mater, you have to get a hold of yourself! You're making a scene!" Mater: "But I never leak oil. Never." Lightning McQueen: "Go take care of yourself right now!""
—When he was leaking oil and blamed Mater for it., [[{{{3}}}]]
"Lightning McQueen: "Sir Axlerod." Miles Axlerod: "I'm sorry to interrupt." Lightning McQueen: "No, no. It - it's all right." Miles Axlerod: "I just wanted to come down here, and to personally thank you. Because after Italy, I was finished, and then you gave me one last shot." Lightning McQueen: "Listen, I. . ." Miles Axlerod: "I probably shouldn't be saying this at all, but I hope you win today. You show the world that they've been wrong about Allinol." Sally Carrera: "Mater would want you to race." Lightning McQueen: "All right. For Mater.""
—Miles "thanks" Lightning for deciding to use Allinol for the race in London., [[{{{3}}}]]
"Deactivate!"
"How did the tow truck figure it out?" (Axlerod's last words)
