Buford

Buford
Color	Blue
Occupation	Rustbucket race car
Main portrayer(s)	Unknown
Character information Gender Male

Buford is one of Mater's cousins. Since his debut appearance in Cars: The Video Game, he has become a recurring character in the Cars series, making several appearances in the video games, as well as in the World of Cars book, which details his background. Despite his appearance, Buford is actually a talented demolition derby racer. His license plate is completely blank, although there appears to be a stain on it, which means it could have previously read "Buford".

Buford is a rusty blue race car that has his number on his front-end boards and a rusty bumper. In his video game appearances, Buford has the number 20 painted on his doors and number boards, but in World of Cars, he has the number "7". He also has six pinstripes in the games, but only four in the book and on his die-cast model.

History

Background

The World of Cars book reveals that Buford, along with Mater, Cletus and Judd, were bullied by Bubba and one of his friends when they were younger. However, Mater challenged Bubba to a backwards race, and since he couldn't successfully make a turn around Stanley's statue, he lost, and Bubba subsequently stopped bullying the four cousins.

Cars: The Video Game

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Cars: The Video Game

In Cars: The Video Game, Buford's only appearance is as a competitor in the event Rustbucket Race-O-Rama, in which he competes against Mater and five of his other cousins. Like the other Rustbucket racers, Buford is not playable.

Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Buford and his cousins appear in the mini-game Tow The Line, in which they must be towed to the other side of Mater's junkyard.

In this game, Buford's paint scheme seems to be white with blue pinstripes, as opposed to blue with purple pinstripes, as in his other appearances.

Cars: Mater-National Championship

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Cars: Mater-National Championship

In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Buford makes his first appearance in the cutscene for Rustbucket Race #1, staring at Emma as she practices, along with the rest of his cousins except for Mater. When Mater says to "act natural", Buford reacts by slamming head-on into Tommy Joe, but he ends up with his front tires on Tommy Joe's windshield. Buford's body covered up most of Mater from Emma. He later appears as an opponent in Rustbucket Races #1, #2, and #3, where he tends to place higher with each event, though he is rivaled by Tommy Joe.

Appearances

• Cars: The Video Game
• Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
• Cars: Mater-National Championship

Buford also appears in the World of Cars book.

Gallery

• Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

  Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

• Cars: Mater-National Championship

  Cars: Mater-National Championship

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  Buford in Rustbucket Race #1

• Buford in Rustbucket Race #2

  Buford in Rustbucket Race #2

• Buford in Rustbucket Race #3

  Buford in Rustbucket Race #3

• Die-cast model

  Die-cast model

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  Character icon from Cars: The Video Game

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  Character icon from Cars: Mater-National Championship

Quotes

• "Yee-haw!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Hey!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Oh, get on outta here!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Well butter my bumper and call me biscuit!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Bye, bye, buddy!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Buford	Buford
Polish	Buford	Buford

Trivia

• In the files of Cars: The Video Game, Buford, Judd, and Lewis share the same directory as Tommy Joe, which is why all four cars share the same model. Despite the four characters each having their own directory in Cars: Mater-National Championship, the textures for Buford, Judd, and Lewis can still be found in Tommy Joe's folder.
• His wheels appear grey and rivetless in Cars: The Video Game, but he has the same brown wheels as Tommy Joe in Cars: Mater-National Championship, although the grey wheel texture could still be found in the files in Tommy Joe's directory.
• In Cars: Mater-National Championship, he and Cletus have larger icons than the other cousins, while the icons of Judd and Zeke are smaller.
• Buford's diecast production sale was at 8,000, however, Judd and Cletus' were both at only 4,000, making Buford's diecast much less valuable compared to Judd and Cletus.