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Trivia: Luigi's license plate reads 44.5-10.8, which is the latitude and longitude for the Ferrari factory in Modena, Italy.

Trivia: This is the most profitable Pixar film ever, it has generated more that $10 billion with all the merchandise and other paraphernalia.

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Trivia: The snow man from the Pixar short film Knick Knack can be seen in a snow globe in the Radiator Springs souvenir store.

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Trivia: Luigi has on his licence plate the number 445 108, those are the coordinates of the Ferrari museum at Maranello, Italy.

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Trivia: While Mac is taking McQueen to California, he takes a look at a trailer parking lot and the Mr. Incredible logo is visible on a trailer box.

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Trivia: In the first race a white car has the number 84 and the Mac logo on it, that's the year Apple Macintosh computers were first launched.

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Trivia: Michael Schumacher plays the voice of the Ferrari who visits Luigi's tires shop.

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Trivia: Richard Petty the race driver plays the voice of the King, the Dinoco driver.

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Trivia: The car crash suffered by The King in the last race is very similar to the accident that Richard Petty had in 1970.

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Suggested correction: The ending crash has no similarities with Richard Petty's crash in 1970 at Darlington. The King's car didn't hit a wall. It most likely took inspiration from Richard's 1988 crash at Daytona.

David George

Trivia: A-113 is shown on the train and on Mate's license plate, a number often used in Pixar movies.

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Trivia: The pile of tires at Luigi's place is a parody of the leaning tower of Pisa.

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Trivia: In 2003 Pixar released a short film named Boundin, with a jackalope in one of the roles, his image was shown on the back of a trailer, in the first race audience.

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Trivia: When a car gets zapped by a laser during Lightning McQueen's dream sequence, you can hear the Wilhelm scream.

Other mistake: After the first race, in the scene where Lightning is rushing out on the stage thinking he is the winner, loads of confetti is shot out when the King and Chick Hicks gets onto the stage. The confetti is then falling down, but not a single flake hits any of the cars. However, in the following shots, you can see plenty of it on the stage underneath the cars, even though they haven't moved.

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Harv: Where are you? I can't even find you on my GPS.
Lightning McQueen: I'm in this little town called Radiator Springs. You know Route 66? It's still here!
Harv: Yeah, that's great, kid. Playtime is over, pal.

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Question: Can someone explain the mechanics (and physics) of how Doc's advice to "Turn right to go left" helps with McQueen's drifting?

Answer: Instead of sliding on all four tires, he's only sliding on the back two. The front two tires are turned to align with the direction of travel, allowing the car to maintain greater control of the drift. The slow-motion scene when McQueen first accomplishes this shows what's happening.

Phixius

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