Alex Vandel is a compact minivan that lives in the United Kingdom.
History[]
In Cars 2, Alex can be seen at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo trying to catch a flight, presumably to the next race of the World Grand Prix, but failing to do so.
Apparently Alex doesn't physically appear in Cars 3, but Smokey has a photo of him being caught at Haneda Airport.
Physical description[]
Alex is a 2006 Opel Zafira. He is painted a purplish-blue color, with a chrome grille and gray rims. His registration plate number is 75R VT 2A.
Gallery[]
Names in other languages[]
- Russian: Алекс Вандел (transcription: Aleks Vandel)
Trivia[]
- He is named after, Cars Toons producer, Alex Mandel.
- Despite his license plate stating that he is from Great Britain, the UK is the only European country where Opel is not known as Opel but as Vauxhall.
- In real-life airports, security gates scan people for anything metal they have on them. Cars being made of metal, it is surprising to see they make use of security gates.
- His diecast model mistakenly states that he is an Opel Corsa
- His diecast model has rims, despite the character lacking them in the actual movie.
- The same Zafira appears in Porto Corsa (among the crowd near McQueen) and Mater's flashback, laughing at Mater. The latter might be Alex.