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'''London''' is a British city located in [[England]] | {{Quote|What's everybody on the wrong side of the road for?|Mater|Cars 2}} | ||
'''London''' is a British city located in [[United Kingdom|England]], and the location of the third [[World Grand Prix]] race in ''[[Cars 2]]''. | |||
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. The town has a rich past, and it still has numerous historical buildings and monuments. It hosts the last race of the | London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. The town has a rich past, and it still has numerous historical buildings and monuments. It hosts the last race of the World Grand Prix. | ||
The [[London Circuit|race track]] passes, as for the two other races, on the streets of the host town, in this case notably borrowing the Mall, and getting in front of [[Buckingham Palace]]. | |||
London also appears in ''[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]'', where many races and other missions take place. | |||
==Places== | |||
*[[Buckingham Palace]] | *[[Buckingham Palace]] | ||
*[[Big Bentley]] | *[[Big Bentley]] | ||
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*[[Fizzy Petrol Shop]] | *[[Fizzy Petrol Shop]] | ||
*[[Lewis Performance Parts]] | *[[Lewis Performance Parts]] | ||
*[[Trafalgear]] | *[[Trafalgear]] | ||
*[[Killswitch | *[[Killswitch]] | ||
*[[Petroldilly Circus]] | *[[Petroldilly Circus]] | ||
==Ways and streets== | ==Ways and streets== | ||
*[[Lasseter Way]] | *[[Lasseter Way]] | ||
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*[[Piper Lane]] | *[[Piper Lane]] | ||
*[[The Mall]] | *[[The Mall]] | ||
== | |||
*[[ | ==Residents== | ||
* | *[[The Queen]] | ||
* | *[[Prince Wheeliam]] | ||
* | *[[Sir Harley Gassup]] | ||
* | *[[Sgt. Highgear]] | ||
* | *[[Topper Deckington III]] | ||
* | *[[Chauncy Fares]] | ||
* | *[[Mark Wheelsen]] | ||
* | *[[Siren Carbarini]] | ||
* | *[[Doug Speedcheck]] | ||
* | *[[Scott Spark]] | ||
* | *[[Mike Lorengine]] | ||
* | *[[Gearett Taylor]] | ||
* | *[[Maurice Wheelks]] | ||
*[[Victor Paveone]] | |||
*[[Jumpstart J. Ward]] | |||
*[[Scott Motorse]] | |||
*[[Corporal Josh Coolant]] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
LondonPanorama.jpg|A | LondonPanorama.jpg|A panorama | ||
London parliament.jpg | London parliament.jpg | ||
Cars-2-landmark-concept-art-image-2.jpg|The [[Houses of Parliament]] | Cars-2-landmark-concept-art-image-2.jpg|The [[Houses of Parliament]] | ||
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the_art_of_cars_-_st_pauls_cathedral.jpg|St. Paul's Cathedral concept art | the_art_of_cars_-_st_pauls_cathedral.jpg|St. Paul's Cathedral concept art | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Trivia== | |||
[[File:Capture plein écran 2011-06-17 073912.jpg|thumb]] | |||
*An advertisement for "[[Lassetyre|LasseTyre]]" is seen around the World Grand Prix race track. The brand's name is a play on the last name of [[John Lasseter]], and happen to be the same as for [[John Lassetire]]'s last name. | |||
*The Lucite canopy over the Queen’s platform is based on the canopy built for Prince Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales. | |||
*The architecture of the race pits in London is based on Landau bars, a design feature used on cars to simulate the look of a convertible. | |||
*For the London race course, [[Pixar]] had to create nearly 20 miles (32 km) of landscape and environment. | |||
*The fight between the Lemons and Mater and his friends takes place at the intersection of Tyre Iron Street and Sixth Gear Road. | |||
*A road is named "Lasseter Way". | |||
*The knighting room is decorated with "car-ified" ancient paintings, featuring notably a battle of sailing ships. | |||
*The tie-in storybooks for some reason showed Holley Shiftwell's escape from Big Bentley as showing her smashing apart an entire clock face. In the actual film, Holley only smashed away the "5." | |||
*In the film, Trafalgar is renamed Trafalgear, and Piccadilly Circus is renamed Petroldilly Circus. | |||
*In [[Cars 3: Driven to Win]] the London Tack from [[Cars 2: The Video Game]] is recycled as one of the unlockable racetracks under the name "London's Buckingham Sprint". | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | |||
[[Category:Cities]] | [[Category:Cities]] | ||
[[Category:Cars 3: Driven to Win]] | |||
[[Category:Cars 3: Driven to Win locations]] | |||
[[Category:Cars 2 locations]] | |||
[[Category:UK]] |