Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen
Color	Red
Occupation	Piston Cup Race Car / World Grand Prix Race Car
Main portrayer(s)	- Owen Wilson - (films, Mater and the Ghostlight, Cars: The Video Game, Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, and Cars Land); - Keith Ferguson - (video games, Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales, and Mad TV) ;
Character information
Alias(es)	Daredevil Lightning McQueen, El McQueen, Dragon McQueen, Frightening McMean, Lt. McQueen, Lightning McQueen Hawk, Stickers
Gender	Male

Lightning McQueen is built for speed and has just two things on his mind: winning, and the perks that come with it. In his fast-paced life he has little time for anything or anyone, but who needs friends when you have a stadium full of fans?

Bio

Lightning is a red racecar sponsored by Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment ("With Just a Little Rust-eze, you can look like Lightning McQueen!"). He is #95 in the movie, and at the beginning of the movie, he is racing his first Piston Cup race in Nashville, Tennessee, and is winning.

At the end of the film, he lost the race out of good intentions, and got a new paint job, but still sponsored by Rust-eze, although at the beginning of the film, he wanted a Dinoco sponsorship.

Personality

Originally cocky and self-centered, Lightning's personality was changed into a caring and nice person with lots of friends - to which he is very loyal and kind.

Livery

His model was originally painted red, with green Smell Swell stickers. Later, his doors were re-painted with yellow and orange lightning bolt decals. He had the number 95 painted in red, orange and yellow on his roof and doors, as well as the Rust-eze logo on his hood and spoiler. After being accepted into the World Grand Prix, Lightning minorly changed his paint job - he now has the Hudson Hornet Piston Cup logo on his hood, and a raised red spoiler. He continues to wear this, as seen in Time Travel Mater.

Model

Lightning's model is a hand-built racing car, built for racing purposes specifically. He has modifications like a red spoiler, and for a short time did not have headlights, only stickers.

He is a mix of a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer.

Occupation

Lightning is a Piston Cup champion race car known all over the world for his quick and skillful style of racing. He has won four Piston Cups over the years, and is currently working on his fifth. After his fourth win, he was accepted into the World Grand Prix, a championship involving 11 racers, each from a different part of the world. After he finished, he presumably went back to the Piston Cup.

Car-Finder Screenshots

Tar Splattered
Dinoco
Radiator Springs
Mud Covered
Leaf Covered
Lightning Storm
Tires
Tumbleweed
Cactus Prickle Covered
Finish Line

Appearances

Feature Films

Cars
Cars 2

Short Films

Video Games

Merchandising

Cars Diecast Line (regular, Radiator Springs, Dirt Track, Cruisin', Dinoco, Cactus, Bug Mouth, Bling Bling, Tongue, Chase with Bumper Stickers, Spin Out, Tar, Impound, Tumbleweed, Cone, Wet)
Cars 2 Diecast Line (with Racing Wheels, with Party Wheels, with Travel Wheels, Hudson Hornet Piston Cup, Ka-Ciao)
Cars Toons Diecast Line (Burnt, Soaked, Daredevil, Dragon, Dragon with Oil Stains, Dragon with Metallic Finish, Heavy Metal, Frightening McMean, Autonaut, Burnt Autonaut, Hawk)
Micro Drifters (regular, WGP, Bling Bling, Gold)
Action Agents
MEGA BLOKS (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs)
LEGO (regular, Radiator Springs, Cars 2)
LEGO Duplo
Disney Store Diecast Line (regular, Dinoco, Epilogue, Radiator Springs, Pinstripe)
Shake 'N' Go (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Tongue, Bling Bling)
Tomica (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Tongue, Dirt Track, Cars 2)
Geotrax (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Cars 2)
Wood
AppMates
Stunt Cars
Rip Stick Racers

Trivia

His racing number, "95" is a reference to the year 1995, when Pixar's first feature-length film, Toy Story was released. Originally, his number was going to be 57, which is the year John Lasseter was born.
Lightning's last name "McQueen" is a reference to Glenn McQueen, a supervising animator at Pixar who passed away in 2002.
In the first official teaser trailer of Cars 2, for unknown reasons, Lightning McQueen has on his Rust-eze customization.
In Toy Story 3, in the Sunnyside Daycare, you can see one of the kids with a white T-shirt with red sleeves and has in the middle of the shirt the 95 racing number with the lightning bolt of Lightning McQueen. A toy similar to Lightning can also be seen.
Lightning's back bumper is yellow. This follows NASCAR's tradition of putting yellow rookie stripes on rookie drivers' cars.
Lightning's design was inspired by stock cars, and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racers (Ford GT40).
After Lightning's redesign in Cars 2, he has working headlights instead of stickers.