CARS 2 - what is Finn McMissile??

Post by **MattH** » Mon Jul 25, 11 9:24 am

Went to see CARS 2 last night.
Only 2D version but still good.

It was enjoyable and very, very clever but the story was a bit bizarre. More James Bond really.

Still worth the watch, Michael Caine is a lead voiceover.
Any AMC fans will be upset at the Lemons (Pacers and Gremlins lobbed into the same category as Yugo 45s)

It's a film that you'll need to watch a few times to catch all the clever bits, but I couldnt help thinking that a big number of car manufacturers payed Disney alot of money for some cartoonised product placement. There is every type of modern car in there from certain brands, and they are obvious what they are, even down to UK Police Ford Mondeos, Opel Corsas, AudiTTs. Mini Coopers and FIAT's of every type.

The one enigma is Michael Caines character, Finn McMissile. Throughout the whole film I couldn't work out what type of car it is, sort of Aston DB5 at the back, but with fins, and an odd front that was almost Iso Grifo.

Any ideas, I did JFGI and that didnt help too much!

Philb · Post by **Philb** » Mon Jul 25, 11 9:54 am

Simon Templer Volvo P 1800 me thinks !!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jul 25, 11 10:32 am

It is an A.M. but I am not sure which model.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jul 25, 11 10:40 am

The artist used his imagination. It is only based on the Aston Martin. The car had to have fins because of the characters name.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... -mcmissile

Post by **MattH** » Mon Jul 25, 11 11:22 am

Thanks Dave, I didnt see that when I was trawling Google. just found lots of toys.
So it's about the only car not seeking product placement in the film.

The cinema in Bedford had road registered replicas of Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater outside, based on a Mitsubishi FTO and a Land Rover respectively. They looked really good, and were raising money for Cancer Research by having your photo with them.
Will post once I've downloaded.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Mon Jul 25, 11 12:17 pm

I think it lends a lot to the BMW 507 coupe...

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:07 pm

I think it's just what Americans think what a British "sports" car looks like.

It clearly borrows heavily from AM, but I guess Disney did not want to get into copyright issues....

PaulR · Post by **PaulR** » Mon Jul 25, 11 7:35 pm

Looks a lot like a Ferrari 250TDF to me?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Jul 25, 11 8:59 pm

Its a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 according to Pixar and Micheal Caine on Radio 2 a few days ago...
But im with Adam and the BMW 507 that how its drawn.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Tue Jul 26, 11 1:25 am

MattH wrote:Thanks Dave, I didnt see that when I was trawling Google. just found lots of toys.
So it's about the only car not seeking product placement in the film.

The cinema in Bedford had road registered replicas of Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater outside, based on a Mitsubishi FTO and a Land Rover respectively. They looked really good, and were raising money for Cancer Research by having your photo with them.
Will post once I've downloaded.

Hi Matt, were you there Sunday evening? We went to see Harry Potter at Bedford last nite (Sunday, 7pm), at Newnham Rd. Didnt see any cars of interest there?

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue Jul 26, 11 6:34 pm

The BMW is close

also has a look of a Daimler V8 SP-250

mike jones · Post by **mike jones** » Tue Jul 26, 11 9:15 pm

I'll go with the Aston from this angle, oddly enough a truck with a full sized model of it turned up at work last week,just a space frame with a clay body but it looked cute !

Post by **MattH** » Tue Jul 26, 11 11:28 pm

RobTwin wrote: Hi Matt, were you there Sunday evening? We went to see Harry Potter at Bedford last nite (Sunday, 7pm), at Newnham Rd. Didnt see any cars of interest there?

We were there for the 6.45 showing but went at 2pm after the race for life to book the tickets to ensure a seat (no problem there were 10 of us in there!)

Here is what was outside at 2pm.

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Mon Aug 01, 11 8:22 pm

MattH wrote:
RobTwin wrote: Hi Matt, were you there Sunday evening? We went to see Harry Potter at Bedford last nite (Sunday, 7pm), at Newnham Rd. Didnt see any cars of interest there?
We were there for the 6.45 showing but went at 2pm after the race for life to book the tickets to ensure a seat (no problem there were 10 of us in there!)

Here is what was outside at 2pm.

thats cool, i got an FTO and after seeing the petty (dynaco) blue superbird at the nats maybe i should build a lightning mcqueen replica ready for next years nats