What kind of car was lightning mcqueen?

Lightning McQueen, typically referred to by his surname McQueen, is an anthropomorphic stock car in the animated Pixar film Cars (2006), its sequels Cars 2 (2011), Cars 3 (2017), and TV shorts known as Cars Toons. The character is not named after actor and race driver Steve McQueen, but actually Pixar animator Glenn McQueen, who died in 2002. read more

So since Chevy has won most NASCAR races and many of the winning cars have been red I say its a GM firebird or Chevy monte carlo. Monte Carlo being the 1st choice. Because it has the headlights and wings like Lightning McQueen stock and in race car form. read more