Max Schnell
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Color | Purple with Germany's flag | ||||
Occupation | German Racecar World Grand Prix Racecar WTCL Racer | ||||
Main portrayer(s) | - None (Cars 2) - Unknown (Cars 2: The Video Game)
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Max Schnell is a German racer.
Bio
Cars 2
Max Schnell started as a humble production sedan from Stuttgart, Germany. An avid amateur racer, Max would practice alone in the back roads of the dense Black Forest—a trek that eventually caught the eye of a racing team owner. Soon Max was on a professional circuit, bearing the #4, and as his horsepower increased, he converted himself to carbon fiber, dropping his weight and getting into prime racing shape. He’s won more races at Motorheimring than any other World Torque Champion League car in history. A naturally brilliant engineer, he used logic and analytics to refine his build, and plans to approach the World Grand Prix in the same perfectly calculated manner.
Like all World Grand Prix racers, Max Schnell participated in all three races of the competition as well as the Radiator Springs Grand Prix. In Cars 2, he was first seen at the party in Tokyo with the other racers. Max's performance in the W.G.P. was really good. Max went up to the third position on the dirt section followed by Nigel Gearsley in Tokyo, but started falling behind afterwards. And at the beginning of the Tokyo race, he at first took the 1st position. But after time, he was passed by Francesco Bernoulli, Lightning McQueen, Carla Veloso, Shu Todoroki and Jeff Gorvette. He was the third race car to be nearly destroyed by the Lemons' camera, as his engine was blown by the machine near the end of the race. In the Porto Corsa and London races, he was seen both times following Miguel Camino from the 5th to 4th position. During the huge crash in Porto Corsa, he tries to brake before the pile-up. However, he fails and violently collides into Miguel Camino and Shu Todoroki. Soon afterwards, Raoul ÇaRoule and Rip Clutchgoneski crash into them. He apparently got fixed and raced in London, and then appeared at the Radiator Springs Grand Prix.
Livery
He has purple paint, with the German flag design painted on his trunk and roof. He has the WtcL logo painted on his hood. He has gray rims, and a black spoiler with the World Grand Prix logo on it.
Model
Max is based on a DTM Racer. He also resembles the BMW M3 GTR and Audi A4 DTM. He has a top speed of 160 mph, a zero - 60 of 3.8 seconds, a 4.0-liter V-8 engine and 470 horsepower.
Sebastian Schnell
In the German version of Cars 2, Max Schnell is renamed Sebastian Schnell, and voiced by Sebastian Vettel. He replaces Jeff Gorvette, and becomes the racer that, along with Lewis Hamilton, meets Lightning McQueen at the World Grand Prix welcome party. But Jeff Gorvette still appears in the races.
This is part of a localization of Cars 2 in six countries.
Appearances
Feature Films
Video Games
Merchandising
- 1:55 Scale Diecast (regular, chrome)
- Micro Drifters
- LEGO
- Disney Store Diecast Line
- Tomica
- Geotrax
Trivia
- Max's name comes from the German "mach schnell". This translates as "hurry up".
- Max Schnell has on his hood the inscription "WTCL" which represents the name of his racing league, the World Torque Champion League. It is an allusion to the WTCC, the World Touring Car Championship. Max's design, however, apparents him to the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters), another type of touring car racing.
- Max's pit stop crew chief is an Audi TT named Otto Bonn.
- On Max's tires reads "TRU-TREAD - Traction A Temperature A - P215/65R15 89H", a recurring inscription on the tires of many characters of Cars 2.
- Max Schnell's body was reused for Vitaly Petrov, Frosty, Memo Rojas, Jr., Flash and Long Ge.
- Although silent in the original version of Cars 2, Max speaks in Cars 2: The Video Game.
- Even though he so far does not appear in Disney Infinity, he is seen on a picture in Ramone's House of Body Art.
Gallery
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Concept art
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Max Schnell with Lewis Hamilton and Lightning McQueen, as he appears in the German version of Cars 2
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Max racing in Tokyo
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Max catches fire
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Max Schnell tries to brake before crashing into Miguel Camino and Shu Todoroki.
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Max Schnell in Cars 2: The Video Game.
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A small sight of one of Schnell's pitties
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Diecast
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Diecast with Chrome finish
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Micro Drifters
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LEGO
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Disney Store