Fritz, Ben (June 24, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Cars 2' expected to sputter to No. 1 (Updated)". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011 . Retrieved June 24, 2011. Many animators had the opportunity to test real sports cars at their full speed, by themselves or with a pilot, to gain experience on how to animate the characters of the movie. Some also attended to racing events. Sciretta, Peter (September 24, 2008). "Cars 2: New Release Date, Story Details, Short Car-Toons". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011 . Retrieved August 22, 2011. Sophia Loren dubs 'Cars 2' mamma". Yahoo! News. AP. June 16, 2011. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012 . Retrieved July 4, 2011.

Many animators had the opportunity to test real sports cars at their full speed, by themselves or with a pilot, to gain experience on how to animate the characters of the movie. [35] Some also attended to racing events. [36] I kept looking out thinking, 'What would Mater do in this situation, you know?' I could imagine him driving around on the wrong side of the road in the UK, going around in big, giant traveling circles in Paris, on the autobahn in Germany, dealing with the motor scooters in Italy, trying to figure out road signs in Japan. [14]a b "Cars 2". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011 . Retrieved June 24, 2011.

In the credits, some of the travel brochures passing by have pictures of Luxo, Jr. and the Luxo's Ball, as well as a fictional airline company called "Pixair", a reference to Pixar. Notable voices in the international versions are Sophia Loren, who voices Mama Topolino in 21 non-English countries, [26] [27] and Jacques Villeneuve, who voices David Hobbscap in the French versions. [28] In the Brazilian version, sportspeople still appear, with Lewis Hamilton becoming Formula One champion Emerson Fittipaldi, while Brent Mustangburger and David Hobbscap were done by sports announcers José Trajano and Luciano do Valle. [29] Production [ ] In international versions of Cars 2, Jeff Gorvette is replaced in one scene by a different character, voiced by a regionally better known racer than Jeff Gordon: [15] Cars 2: Finn McMissile • Holley Shiftwell • Tony Trihull • Rod "Torque" Redline • Tomber • Miles Axlerod • Professor Zündapp • Grem • Acer • Francesco Bernoulli • Uncle Topolino • Mama Topolino • Jeff Gorvette • Lewis Hamiliton • Raoul ÇaRoule Pixar Says Cars 2 is Still Due in Cinemas in June 2011". BBC. February 10, 2010. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017 . Retrieved August 22, 2011.

In the bathroom scene: When Mater enters the bathroom, none of the stalls are open except the one he goes into. When Rod "Torque" Redline comes in, they are all open except the one Mater is in. There is only about 15 seconds in between Mater and Rod "Torque" Redline, so it is very unlikely that all the cars had exited their stalls by then. However, it could be that the cars exited their stalls when Mater sees the toilet and before he went into his stall, as well as that when a mini blue car exits the stall Mater goes into. a b c d Barnes, Brooks (October 17, 2011). "John Lasseter of Pixar Defends Cars 2". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved December 2, 2011. Smith, Kyle. "Puts the Drag in Racing". New York Post. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011 . Retrieved June 24, 2011. Child, Ben (July 22, 2011). "Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' ". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021 . Retrieved April 1, 2020.

Three voice actors of the original Cars film have also died since the first film had been released. Joe Ranft, who voiced Red and Jerry Recycled Batteries, died in a car accident in August 2005 during production of the first film. Despite rarely speaking in the original movie except for weeping, Red appears in the movie and does an inaudible cry. Jerry, on the other hand, would not return after the original Cars owing to Ranft‘s death in spite of being a minor character.Hawaiian Vacation, the first episode of the Toy Story Toons series that stars the Toy Story characters, was attached to Cars 2. When Mater and Holley Shiftwell are sightseeing in Paris, there is a restaurant called Gastow's, a parody to Gusteau's restaurant from Ratatouille. A video game based on the film was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and Nintendo DS on June 21, 2011. [102] The PlayStation 3 version of the game was reported to be compatible with stereoscopic 3D gameplay. [103] A Nintendo 3DS version was released on November 1, 2011, [104] and a PSP version was released on November 8, 2011. [105]