Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the animated Pixar franchise Cars. He is a red race car with yellow lightning bolts on the sides, NASCAR-style wheels, a rear spoiler, and the number 95 painted in orange on his body. While McQueen is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, his design is loosely inspired by NASCAR Generation 4 cars, with a curvaceous body like that of the Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Charger Daytona. His exhaust pipes come from the 1970s Dodge Charger, but with four (two on each side) instead of two on one side or one on both sides. His body draws cues from the design of the Ford GT40, Chevrolet Corvette, and Dodge Viper along with cab elements from a 1990s Porsche 911. If you had to single out one vehicle to answer the question "What car is Lightning McQueen?" the best answer would be a Gen 4 NASCAR.