Paris

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Paris is the capital of France.It is the location where Mater, Finn and Holley met with Tomber to investigate more about the owner of the lemon engine.

History

For their investigation, the trio of McMissile, Shiftwell and Mater fly to Paris from Tokyo's Haneda airport, using Siddeley, a spy plane. They arrive in the French capital at one of the city's three airports (Charles de Gaulle, Orly, or Le Bourget). They then go to the marché aux pièces, passing through several touristic places in the city. The trio passes through Place Charles-de-Gaulle, located under the Arc de Triomphe, then rolls over the Pont des Arts, the Louvre, Place du Trocadéro, and finally arrives at the maché. The Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral and the Sacré-Cœur Basilica are also visible.

Residents of Paris

Places in Paris

Image Name Description Notes Appearance
Gastow's Restaurant
  • References Gusteau's from Ratatouille
  • Logo similar "car-ifies" owner Auguste Gastow
 Cars 2 (2011)
Les Deux Coupe Restaurant
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 Mater in Paris (2013)

Reference

Services

Image Name Operating vehicle(s) Appearance
Parisian Car Tours Emmanuel Cars 2 (2011)

Gallery

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Trivia

  • Originally, Paris would have hosted a race of the World Grand Prix, but it was pulled out of the story because it was too much story to tell. However, it appears in the Nintendo DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game.
  • The Gastow's restaurant is an allusion to Gusteau's from Ratatouille.
  • Lighting director Sharon Calahan paid homage to Ratatouille, by using a similar soft warm broken lighting approach. To add authenticity, Julien Schreyer, the master lighting artist who worked on those Cars 2 scenes, is actually from Paris and had worked on Ratatouille as well.
  • Notre Dame Cathedral is adorned with 24 "car-goyle" statues and flying buttresses in the shape of exhaust pipes.
  • The top of the Eiffel Tower is the shape of a 1937 spark plug; its base contains the features of a wire wheel.
  • The Pont des Arts is constructed with automobile leaf springs – a type of spring used in car suspensions.
  • There is a longstanding Pont des Arts custom wherein couples attach a padlock to the railing and throw the key in the river, sealing their love forever. If you look closely at the Pont des Arts in Cars 2, you can indeed see padlocks on the railing.
  • John Lasseter and his wife, Nancy, were once told during a visit to Paris that couples are supposed to kiss when they cross the Pont des Arts. This tip made it into Cars 2, where two cars are seen kissing on that bridge.
  • There is a vintage poster for Paris for Planes. However, in the film the racers never go to Paris.
  • Paris appears as a track/location in the Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy attraction on the simulator. Despite this, it's unknown when McQueen went to Paris or if there's even a track in the city.
    • It could be a reference to the scrapped Paris race from Cars 2.
  1. ↑ Meet the Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) - André bio
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