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Apple is an electronic products company that sells numerous forms of technology. It is one of the Piston Cup sponsors in the Cars world. It sponsors Mac iCar, Apple racer, and J.P. Drive.
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Cars[]
Apple sponsors Mac iCar and his team in the Piston Cup Racing Series. Mac iCar's racing number is 84, which is the same year that Apple, Inc. famously released the Macintosh personal computer (1984).
Cars 2[]
Though not much information regarding its products has been revealed, a reference to it is made in Cars 2, when Mater says that his line of work is towing and salvage. Finn McMissile replies by saying, "And Miss Shiftwell is designing iPhone apps".
Cars 3[]
In Cars 3, Apple Racer is seen competing in the 2016 Piston Cup season, but then got fired and is replaced by a next-generation racer named J.P. Drive midway through the season. Additionally, Lightning McQueen's computer inside Mack's trailer resembles an iMac, as it has black framing around its screen, and has a FaceTime application (used to call Mater half way through the movie).
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Trivia[]
- The late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, is known for being one of the founders of Pixar itself.
- Although despite this, Mac iCar was available exclusively in a 36-car Motor Speedway of the South box set, and never saw any other releases since, which is most likely due to licensing issues with the actual Apple company and is therefore the rarest of the Die-Cast car line. The Cars 3 veteran racer and J.P Drive never saw any diecast releases at all, likely for the same reason (however the Apple racer diecast alongside J.P Drive's was done by customizers, one of them is Jim Scavenger, and J.P's diecast was released by Takara Tomy and Disney Store but it's unknown why Mattel never re-got the license).
- In Planes, a SkyPad that belongs to Zed appears, it is unknown whether or not this is a product of Apple, or another company, but still, it is a parody of the Apple iPad.
- In Cars, the team's racing number was the same as that of the Re-Volting team. The problem was fixed in Cars 3 when the latter changed their number to 48.
- Apple and Dale Earnhardt Inc. are the only known Piston Cup sponsors to be real companies.
- The stock car Apple racer in Cars 3 is the only veteran to not have an official name revealed.