The quandary lay in finding someone who could build an exact full-scale duplicate of our character, “Sally Carrera”, and her costars, “Lightning McQueen” and “Mater”. “Early in the planning stages, we decided that we couldn’t accomplish much in the way of promotions without an actual car to use at the various marketing events. “From that initial request, some great friendships and a wonderful working relationship was cultivated between the three companies, and led to Porsche’s desire to be involved not only in the film but also in the promotion and marketing of CARS as well. “In 2002, we were approached by Pixar about obtaining the rights to use a 911 Porsche sports car in an animated feature they were developing. Studio Services represents Porsche for product placement in the motion picture and television industries. In the foreword to Paul’s upcoming book, Studio Services president Howard D Buck tells the story of the introduction. Paul, who was introduced to Porsche by entertainer Jay Leno, has been building cars for Hollywood for more than three decades. Sally Carrera, a converted Porsche 911, was the first of the film’s stars to roll off the production line. #Sally cars movieOur old mate West Coast movie car creator (“if it doesn’t work it’s just not finished yet”) Eddie Paul, with help from Porsche and Pixar Animation Studios’ artists and technicians, created life-sized versions of three of the film’s lead characters. Pixar’s upcoming release, “CARS” exist not only on the movie screen, but in sheetmetal as well.The characters of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson), Sally Carrera, a snazzy 2002 Porsche 911 (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) and Mater, a rusty but trusty tow truck (voiced by Larry The Cable Guy) from Disney MaLooks kinda cute for a Porsche doesn’t it.
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