When the Plymouth Superbired character of Mr The King is involved in a massive car crash, appearing crippled on the inside of the circuit (as Doc appears in his similar story), Lightning skids to a halt, allowing Chick Hits to pass him, just before the finish line, for the win. The oither characters help Lightning go on to lead the race.

After many conversations, including the discussion of his 1954 crash, Doc ultimately reveals Lightning location to his race team, who come and collect him from Radiator Springs, and take him onto Los Angeles.ĭoc is redeemed, by showing up part way through the race, and acting as Lightning's crew chief. In the Disney Pixar story, Doc punishes Lightning for tearing up the town road, and forces him to tow the resealing machine, and fix the road. This is a parallel metaphore for the Hudson Motor company, maker of the 6-cylinder Hornet, which was unable to compete financially with the US Big three (GM, Ford and Chrysler), and was merged with Nash-Kelvinator in 1954 to form American Motor Company (AMC). Doc was involved in a season ending crash in 1954, and forgotten. Lightning has ended up in Radiator Springs as a consequence of rolling out of the back of his transporter truck 'Mack' on the way to Los Angeles for a race.ĭoc is a grumpy old character, who has no love for racecars, though this theme is developed out from Doc's involvement in oval racing in the 1950's.

One of the stars of Disney Pixar's original animated feature - 'Cars' is Doc Hudson, a 1951 Hudson Hornet.ĭod Hudson is the antagonist in Lightning McQueen's (the central story character), misadventure in the town of Radiator Spring.

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