Cars

Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen is one of the most famous racecars in the Cars universe. After his stunt at his first Piston Cup final, the world never stopped talking about him. His speed and skill led him to win at least 4 Piston Cups, with several races of unknown results during the third movie. After getting stranded in Radiator Springs, he helps fix their road and makes friends with locals who assist him in the pits and training to become a better racer.

Physiology

Is a sentient car (source) (Cars 3)
There are conflicting WOG statements about the physiology of cars in the Cars universe, but the sentiment is ‘don’t think about it too much’ (WOG)
Cars can use their axles like limbs (source)
Runs on gas (source) (Cars)
Has a full race V-8 engine (source) (WOG, Promotional image)
Has rear wheel drive (source) (WOG, www.stitchkingdom.com)
Has coil-over shocks with tubular A arm front suspension, a solid axle rear end and vented disc brakes at all four wheels (source) (WOG, www.stitchkingdom.com)
Has air flaps on his roof to prevent flipping (source) (WOG, www.stitchkingdom.com)

Movement

Completed Piston Cup draw final (source) (Cars)
Completed Piston Cup 3-way decider (source) (Cars)
Completed World Grand Prix: Japan (source) (Cars 2)
Completed World Grand Prix: Italy (source) (Cars 2)
Completed Thunder Hollow destruction derby (source) (Cars 3)
Top speed of 200 mph at time of Cars 2 and 198 mph at time of Cars 3 (source) (WOG)
Has 750 horsepower (source) (WOG, Promotional image)
Has reached 200 mph on a racetrack (source) (Claim, Cars 3)
Accelerates from zero to 198 mph on a beach (source) (Terrain / Sand, Cars 3)
Sustains 196 mph on a dirt track (source) (Terrain / Dirt, Cars 3)
Hits 185 mph on a simulator which he is unfamiliar with (source) (Cars 3)
Beats a train to a junction (source) (Cars)
Out-speeds a combine harvester in a cornfield (source) (Terrain / Corn field, Cars)
Spins his axle fast enough to launch a sawblade stuck in his chassis, knocking down a stack of tires (source) (Cars 3)
Beats Miss Fritter to get to Cruz Ramirez in deep mud (source) (Terrain / Deep Mud, Cars 3)
Zero to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds at time of Cars 2 (source) (WOG)
Zero to 60 mph in 4 seconds at time of Cars 3 (source) (WOG, Promotional image)
Gets to 150 mph in about 3 seconds and from zero to 198 mph in about 13.5 seconds (source) (Cars 3)
Weaves through a crash pile-up during the Piston Cup (source) (Cars)
Weaves through a crash pile-up during the Piston Cup again (source) (Cars 3)
Weaves through a herd of tractors (source) (Cars 3)
Dodges oncoming traffic on a motorway (source) (Cars)
Dodges objects thrown at him by the car in front (source) (Cars 3)
Dodges debris coming in his direction (source) (Cars 3)
Has won 4 Piston Cups at time of Cars 2 (source) (Cars 2)
Safely returns to rest after being bashed (source) (Cars)
Overtakes Chick Hicks despite his attempts to block (source) (Cars)
Performs a drift off-road to recover from being barged off the track (source) (Cars)
Skilled at driving backwards (source) (Cars)
Does fancy parallel parking (source) (Unparallel parking)
Sprays mud at Miss Fritter with his wheels (source) (Cars 3)
Scores impressive airtime with a jump using his limbs (source) (Jumping)
Jumps using his limbs from a complete flat (source) (Jumping, Cars 3 DVD menu)
Stops himself from running into a guy while at full speed about 200 mph (source) (Breaking, Cars 3)
Successfully drives through a forest in darkness (source) (Driving in darkness, Cars 3)

Physicals

Has 750 horsepower (source) (WOG, General, Promotional image)
Shovels up a shoddy asphalt road with a tool (source) (Pushing, Cars)
Pushes the King to the finish (source) (Pushing, Cars)
Pulls a metal statue which rips up a road (source) (Pulling, Cars)
Catapults a metal statue across Radiator Springs, launching it with an electricity pole (source) (Pulling, Cars)
Tows Bessie filled with tar and asphalt across Radiator Springs (source) (Pulling, Cars)
Pulls a metal statue off its podium giving it good air time when it comes off (source) (Pulling, Cars)
Drives right through a picket fence (source) (Ramming, Cars)
Bursts through several stacks of tires (source) (Ramming, Cars)
Punches a hole in a simulator screen by ramming it at 185 mph (source) (Ramming, Cars 3)
Launches buzzsaw stuck in his wheel at a stack of towers hard enough that they fall down (source) (RPM, Cars 3)
Has a high strength tubular frame (source) (WOG, Promotional image)
Has a 24-gauge cold-rolled sheet metal body (source) (WOG, Promotional image)
Hurt but fine after driving through a bunch of cacti (source) (Piercing, Cars)
Falls a distance then a cacti lands on him (source) (Blunt, Cars)
Drives through a number of cacti (source) (Piercing, Cars Toon: The Radiator Springs 500 1/2)
Body undamaged by Miss Fritter’s buzz saw, but it shreds his back tire when stuck and escaping mud (source) (Piercing, Cars 3)
Crashes through a giant computer screen at 185 mph and is fine (source) (Blunt, Cars 3)
Falls down a cliff and lands on a steep incline, is fine (source) (Blunt, Cars Toon: The Radiator Springs 500 1/2)
Hit with water from a fire hose, fine (source) (Blunt, Cars)
Hit with a burst of high pressure water, fine (source) (Blunt, Cars 3)
Blasted away by a powerful burst of air, is fine (source) (Blunt, Cars 2)
Fine after being spun around at high speeds while hung upside down (source) (Misc, Hiccups)
Crashes into a wall sideways near top speed, resulting in being trashed as he hits the asphalt multiple times in a tumble; fully recovered in 4 months (source) (Limit, Blunt, Cars 3)

Tall Tales feats

Falls from a height in UFO Mater story (source) (Story - UFO Mater, Tall tales - UFO Mater)
Mater can fly, a trick the UFO taught him as evidence (source) (Evidence, Story - UFO Mater, Tall tales - UFO Mater)
Flies at more than 17,000 mph and survives re-entry in Moon Mater story (source) (Story - Moon Mater, Tall tales - Moon Mater)
A space shuttle appears and takes Mater away claiming his help is needed again as evidence (source) (Evidence, Story - Moon Mater, Tall tales - Moon Mater)
Is modded into a plane, flies fast and catches Mater in Air Mater story (source) (Story - Air Mater)
Is picked up by the falcon hawks as an emergency substitution for a stunt show as evidence (source) (Evidence, Story - Air Mater, Tall tales - air Mater)
Is hit by several rolling barrels in Mater P.I. story (source) (Story - Mater P.I, Tall tales - Mater P.I)
A character from his story appears as evidence (source) (Evidence, Story - Mater P.I, Tall tales - Mater P.I)
Evades attacks from a wrecking ball in Monster Truck Mater story (source) (Story - Monster Truck Mater, Tall tales - Monster Truck Mater)
A fan shows up as evidence (source) (Evidence, Story - Monster Truck Mater, Tall tales - Monster Truck Mater)
Strikes cars a good distance away in Tokyo Mater story (source) (Story - Tokyo Mater, Tall tales - Tokyo Mater)
Teleports in Tokyo Mater story (source) (Story - Tokyo Mater, Tall tales - Tokyo Mater)
Rams Mater launching him through a pipe like a bullet leaving a fire trail in Tokyo Mater story (source) (Story - Tokyo Mater, Tall tales - Tokyo Mater)
Basically non-existing evidence in Tokyo Mater story (source) (Evidence, Story - Tokyo Mater, Tall tales - Tokyo Mater)

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