Trivia: The canyon around Radiator Springs looks like old car bonnets and ornaments.
Trivia: At least two of the car numbers are significant. Chick Hick's number is 86. Pixar was formed in 1986. Lightning McQueen's number is 95. Toy Story was released in 1995.
Trivia: As Mater, Larry the Cable Guy uses both of his trademark phrases: "Get-R-Done" and "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there."
Trivia: John Ratzenberger, the man who has a voice in every Pixar film, does the voice of Mack in this film. During the end credits, Mack is watching other Pixar films and says, "Wait a minute. They're just using the same actor over and over."
Trivia: The character Lightning McQueen is a reference to Glenn McQueen, a Pixar a supervising animator who died during production of "Finding Nemo", which he was working on.
Trivia: The car crash suffered by The King in the last race is very similar to the accident that Richard Petty had in 1970.
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.
Trivia: A military hummer speaks with the press, that's a nod to Arnold Schwarzenegger, at that time governor of California, who famously drove a hummer.
Trivia: Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo, plays the voice of the rusty truck named Fred.
Trivia: When a car gets zapped by a laser during Lightning McQueen's dream sequence, you can hear the Wilhelm scream.