The Cars franchise has got to be one of the most surprising successes from Walt Disney Pictures.
Not because we didn’t enjoy the movies, but because these films produced by Pixar have one of the most bizarre premises ever conceived for mainstream media.
Imagine the pitch meeting. So, we want to have Owen Wilson voice a sentient, humanized race car.
He’ll race in the world grand prix, have the hots for a Porsche named Sally Carrera, and his best friend is a tow truck bumpkin. Please give us millions of dollars and the full force of the Disney production infrastructure.
We’d buy the rights to the project right away, but it’s hard to believe it worked out like it did in real life. Sometimes reality is crazy.
There are even dedicated Cars sections of Disney parks fitted with cone hotels, life-size models of Mater, McQueen, and more, and accurate Radiator Springs environments for you to explore while you pretend to be a living car.
Ka-Chow!
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Lightning McQueen’s Age, Make, and Model
Age is a funny thing when it comes to cars. In the real world, cars age out of usefulness relatively quickly compared to people, and they don’t stay in their prime for decades like McQueen seems to have done.
We aren’t sure if there’s anything you can do with the information we’re about to reveal. McQueen could be 10, 80, or 5; it does not change much. He’s a CAR.
How Old Is Lightning McQueen?
We want to know who produces the cars in Cars and how they bestow sentience and souls unto these metal vehicles. In this universe, cars have other cars!
The pope car had his own popemobile, which was very funny. Was that car “born” to serve the pope? It’s a very particular design; so many questions are unanswered in this complicated Cars Cinematic Universe.
Mercifully, Pixar Animator Brian Fee has touched on Lightning McQueens age. According to Fee, Lightning McQueen is 45 years old.
We can figure out that he was born in 1977 based on Fee’s information. He looks good for a car that’s been zipping around for four decades.
What Kind of Car Is Lightning McQueen?
This is like asking someone about their ethnic background. Lightning McQueen is a Chevrolet Corvette.
His design takes inspiration from several different years and models of the classic American sports car, making McQueen a one-of-a-kind car.
Sorry to all the Cars fans who wanted to run out and get a Lightning McQueen of their own. An early 2000s Corvette will get you pretty close, though.