Vince
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| Vehicle type | 1968 Ford Mustang | ||||||||||
| Color | Red, white | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Race car | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Cars: The Videogame (2006) | ||||||||||
| Latest appearance | Cars: Mater-National Championship (2007) | ||||||||||
| Main performer(s) | Jerry DeCapua
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- "Yeah. You think you's the best race car around but if you wanna be the best, first you's got to beat the best."
- —Vince, Cars: The Videogame
Vince is a tough as nails and a confident race car from Queens, New York City, that first appears in Cars: The Videogame. Vince is the leader of a gang of Queens race cars, consisting of himself, Sonny, Lenny and Barry, and first arrived in Radiator Springs to challenge Lightning McQueen under secret partnership with Chick Hicks, though later stayed in the town to compete in more races.
Vince' model is designed after a 1968 Ford Mustang that is painted red, with white lines up his hood and roof, along with the number "9" painted on his doors, His rear is based on a 1968 Dodge Charger and his front end during gameplay also looks a bit like a 1971 Buick Skylark. He has chrome rims, and while he does not possess a rear license plate in most versions of the games, he has one in the Wii version of Cars: The Videogame and the Wii and PS3 versions of Cars: Mater-National Championship, simply reading "VINCE".
History
Cars: The Videogame
In Cars: The Videogame, Vince first appears as one of the speeders that Sheriff must chase down in the "Hot Rodders" level of Sheriff's Hot Pursuit. He and his gang later appear in the cutscene for Ornament Valley Circuit in which they inform Lightning that they have come to Radiator Springs to help him train for the remainder of his Piston Cup season. Vince and Sonny later challenge Fletcher, El Guapo, and McQueen to a race in Tailfin Pass. In the cutscene for Chick's Challenge, it is revealed that the Queens gang has an alliance with Chick Hicks, and Vince then competes in a race against Lightning, Chick, Sonny and Barry. He later appears as an opponent in Tailfin Pass Grand Prix, the second race of the "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" series. In the cutscene for Ornament Valley Grand Prix, the third race of the series, Vince is interviewed by Darrell Cartrip in which he nervously stutters and stumbles, after happily saying hello to his mother, who is supposedly watching the television station that the interview is being aired on.
Vince can also be found driving around Ornament Valley while Lightning is exploring, saying, "What rendered speechless by my majesty?" or "Hey! What are you's lookin' at?" to Lightning whenever the two see each other. Although he appears in Tailfin Pass Circuit and Tailfin Pass Grand Prix in story mode, he will not appear in arcade mode.
Cars: Mater-National Championship
In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Vince first appears as one of the four opponents in Fillmore's Nature Preserve and is later found as an opponent again in Ornament Valley Airport, again in Team Relay #3 on a team with Otto and Sonny, and once more in The Upper Mine. He can also be found as the opposing player in the second and eighth levels of Doc and the Law's Race 'n' Chase.
He also appears in the cutscene shown when Lightning first enters Tailfin Pass, in which he and Sonny are racing against Otto and Koji, though they are lagging far behind.
Portrayals
| Actors | Language version | Roles |
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| Jerry DeCapua | English | Cars: The Videogame, Cars: Mater-National Championship |
| Rudolf Kubík | Czech | Cars: The Videogame, Cars: Mater-National Championship |
| Unknown | French (Europe) | Cars: The Videogame |
| Cyrille Monge | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Kai Taschner | German | Cars: The Videogame |
| Jens Wendland | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Franco Mannella | Italian | Cars: The Videogame |
| Unknown | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Manzou Owari | Japanese | Cars: The Videogame |
| Krzysztof Banaszyk | Polish | Cars: The Videogame |
| Robert Tondera | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Jorge Vasconcellos | Portuguese (Brazil) | Cars: The Videogame |
| Аndrey Yaroslavtsev | Russian | Cars: The Videogame |
| Ilya Bozhko | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Eduardo del Hoyo | Spanish (Europe) | Cars: The Videogame |
| Antonio Abenójar | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Unknown | Swedish | Cars: The Videogame |
Gallery
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Cars: The Videogame
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Cars: The Videogame
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Cars: The Videogame
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Cars: The Videogame
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Vince and Sonny in Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Character icon from Cars: The Videogame
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Character icon from Cars: Mater-National Championship
Name in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ビンス Binsu |
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| Russian | Винс Vins |
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Quotes
- "Hey. You're that Lightning McQueen guy!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Barry. Be cool." - Cars: The Videogame
- "So anyways, uh, we've got a, uh opportunity for you." - Cars: The Videogame
- "What, you don't believe us?! C'mon, tough guy, I will throw down with you, right here, right now!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Hey, look, guys, it's the king of the road!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Are we gonna race or what?" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Uhh yeah. Hi, Ma!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Uh, uh, no, uh, uh, we know that guy, but you knows, actually we came out here to train with, uh, Chick." - Cars: The Videogame
- "Yeah, we figured if you wants to be the best, you know, you's got to train with a real professional racer, you know, uh..." - Cars: The Videogame
- "...Someone who could win a lot..." - Cars: The Videogame
- "And, and, um, um... yeah." - Cars: The Videogame
- "Hey, what do you call that?" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Hey, what was that for?" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Hey, what are you's lookin' at?" - Cars: The Videogame
- "What, rendered speechless by my majesty?" - Cars: The Videogame
- "I've got your five hundred horses right here!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "Like the view? Check out the chrome, baby!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "You're on my list, pally!" - Cars: The Videogame
- "I think maybe we're in the wrong race." - Cars: Mater-National Championship
- "Yeah, you wouldn't last two blocks back where I'm from, pally!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship'
Trivia
- He is the only Queens car whose name does not end with "y". Except for his nickname Vinny.
- Vince' icon has been found in Cars: Race-O-Rama data. It is unknown if they were planned to be in Race-O-Rama or not.
- Barry calls Vince "Vinchester" quite often. He also calls him "Vinny" and "Vinster".