Nigel Gearsley

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Nigel Gearsley
Color	Dark green (aka British Racing Green)
Occupation	British World Grand Prix Racecar
Main portrayer(s)	- None (Cars 2) - Greg Ellis (Cars 2: The Video Game)
Character information Gender Male

""Another crash! It's number 9, Nigel Gearsley!""

—David Hobbscap, after the lemons blow up Nigel Gearsley's engine., [[{{{3}}}]]

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Nigel Gearsley from Warwickshire, England, is an Aston Martin DBR9 racer bearing #9. He got his start racing the Speed Hill Climb—a unique, completely uphill race through the Aston Hill Mountain Area that his family has run for generations. Nigel’s racing career has been anything but an uphill challenge, as he’s won nearly every start in the past few years on the Grand Touring Sports Car circuit, including a string of podiums at Nürburgring and Le Mans. His cool British refinement makes him an imposing presence on the World Grand Prix courses.

Bio

In Cars 2, Nigel Gearsley is one of the World Grand Prix racers and races for England with #9. Nigel competed in all three races of the World Grand Prix, and at the Radiator Springs Grand Prix. His first appearance was at the Tokyo welcome party watching Mater what he is doing along with the other World Grand Prix racers. The dirt section during the Tokyo race was one of Nigel's best performances. He finished into 5th place in the Tokyo race. In that race, his pit was way in the back of the pit row, with Miguel Camino's pit on the left. In the Porto Corsa race, Nigel was following Carla Veloso to the 3rd position. But then he blew up, due to the electromagnetic pulse generator used by the Lemons, and is the second car to have his motor exploded by the lemons' electromagnetic pulse cannon and the fifth car in general to be hit by the pulse. However, he got fixed and was able to race in London. During the London race, Nigel was between 6th and 8th position. In that race, his pit was on the right of Lightning McQueen's, and left of Francesco Bernoulli's.

In Cars 2: The Video Game, Nigel reappears, as a playable character. This by far is his only speaking role.

Livery

Nigel is painted dark green, with a black grille surrounded by yellow lining. He has two gray headlights, surrounded by a light green swirl design, which is also depicted over his rear wheels. On his trunk, he has a black spoiler with the World Grand Prix logo. He has tires with chrome rims, and a skinny antenna erupting out of his roof.

Model

Nigel is an Aston Martin DBR9. With Jeff Gorvette, Nigel is the only WGP racer to be a precise model of one particular car, and therefore, to not be a Pixar in-house design. Indeed, while some other racers, like Lewis Hamilton or Raoul ÇaRoule, have a clear main inspiration, they aren't exact copies of the car in question.

He can reach up to 180 miles per hour, in 11.2 seconds. His engine is a 6.0-Litre V-12, with a horsepower of 600. He can go 0-60 in 3.4 seconds.

Occupation

Nigel is a famous English race car, competing in their championship. He was recruited for the World Grand Prix in 2011, where he placed very well in, but also received some major damage in a huge wreck involving a long curved bridge and 6 other racers.

Appearances

Feature Films

• Cars 2

Video Games

• Cars 2: The Video Game

Merchandising

• 1:55 Scale Diecast (regular, metallic, chrome)
• Micro Drifters
• Disney Store Diecast Line
• Shake 'N' Go
• Tomica

Quotes

""Alright, then. Let me at that track!""

—One of his lines in Cars 2: The Video Game., [[{{{3}}}]]

Trivia

• One of Nigel's personal fans is Prince Wheeliam.
• Nigel Gearsley is likely named after Nigel Gresley, a famous British steam locomotive engineer.

Gallery

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  Nigel catching fire

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  Nigel getting hit by the radiation beam

• Some of Nigel's pitties in view of the camera

  Some of Nigel's pitties in view of the camera

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  Nigel in front of Francesco and Lightning on a promotional poster

• Diecast

  Diecast

• Chrome Diecast

  Chrome Diecast

• Metallic Diecast

  Metallic Diecast

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  Micro Drifters

• Disney Store

  Disney Store

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  Tomica

• Shake 'N' Go

  Shake 'N' Go