- This article is about Dusty Rust-eze, the rusty businesscar. For other uses, see Dusty (disambiguation).
- "I mean, we might even clear it up to buy you some headlights!"
- —Dusty Rust-eze, Cars
Dusty Rust-eze is a compact van who was a businessperson that, together with his brother, Rusty Rust-eze, established Rust-eze and developed its main product, a medicated bumper ointment.
History[]
Dusty Rust-eze is a rusted compact van that, together with his brother, Rusty Rust-eze, lived in his mother's garage in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He and his brother loved telling jokes and helping other rusted cars. Because of that, they developed medicated bumper ointment around 1991. They started a small company called Rust-eze, operating from their mother's garage, with their invention as its main product. It eventually grew into a household name with factories all over the country. Despite their company's success, they kept living in their mother's garage. Rusty and Dusty's mother stated that she was proud of her sons' successes but hoped they would eventually move out.
Around 2006, he and his brother searched for someone to represent their product, organizing an open casting. Eventually, their worker, Mack, recommended racing driver Lightning McQueen. They signed a contract with him and started a Piston Cup racing team. McQueen's successes on the racing field gave company publicity and a fanbase focused around the racer and Rust-eze products. Throughout the racing season they would organize fan meetings with McQueen during which they would tell jokes to the spectators while awaiting Lightning's speech. When McQueen disappeared after the race at the Motor Speedway of the South, they were worried and stated to the media that they did not know where he was.
Rusty and Dusty supported Lightning McQueen throughout his career. In 2017, Rust-eze accomplished record sales thanks to their racer's popularity. After the rise of Next-Gen racers, the brothers acknowledged that they were not capable of providing Lightning the training and resources on the level the next-generation racers had.
And so, they decided to sell their company to Sterling and retire. Following that, they came to newly (developed by Sterling) Rust-eze Racing Center to tell Lightning about their decision. They would eventually be seen enjoying themselves on vacation at a tropical beach. After Rust-eze was purchased from Sterling by Dinoco, the brothers had shown interest in returning to company.
Physical description[]
Dusty Rust-eze is a 1967 Dodge A100 with a rusted livery of faded dark shade of green. and a lighter shade of green stripe across the middle of his body and capitalized lettering "Dodge" under his windshield. His registration plate number is EZE. He has brown eyes.
Official profiles[]
- Dusty and his brother Rusty like to help out their fellow rusty cars almost as much as they like telling jokes. And that's why they invented Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment. Be it the distinguished browning around the wheel well or the bumper that's completely falling off, Rusty and Dusty are there with a can of Rust-eze to fit it, or at least ease the burning, itching, and soreness that plagues so many cars.
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Trivia[]
- Rusty and Dusty's lines "Don't drive like my brother!" are a reference to their voice actor's common catchphrases on their talk show, Car Talk.
- Following Tom Magliozzi's death in 2014, unused archived recordings of him from the first movie were used for Rusty's lines for Cars 3, while Ray Magliozzi reprised his role as Dusty for the the third movie despite his retirement in 2012. Additionally due to Tom’s death Dusty speaks more than his brother Rusty in the film.
- His die-cast license plate, "EZE", together with Rusty's number, "RUST", spelled their surname and name of the company they owned, Rust-eze.
Gallery[]
Portrayals[]
English[]
Actor | Roles |
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Ray Magliozzi | Cars, Top Down Truckstop, Cars 3 |
Other language versions[]
Version | Actor | Roles |
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Polish | Piotr Gąsowski | Cars, Cars 3 |
Russian | Vladimir Antonik | Cars, Cars 3 |
Names in other languages[]
- Bulgarian: Дъсти Ръст-ийз (transcription: Dŭsti Rŭst-iĭz)
- Croatian:
- Dusty Hrčo-griz
- Prašnjavko Hrčogriz
- Danish: Klank Rust-væk
- Dutch: Klank Rust-eze
- French: Clac Rust-eze
- German: Klang Rust-eze
- Greek: Νταστι Rust-eze (transcription: Ntasti Rust-eze)
- Hungarian: Dusty Rozsdamaris
- Norwegian: Klank Rust-vekk
- Polish: Wiesław (Wiesio) Zadoluks
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Poeira Rust-eze
- Portuguese (European): Dusty Rust-eze
- Russian:
- Бряк Ржавейка (transcription: Bryak Rzhaveyka)
- Дасти Раст-эз (transcription: Dasti Rast-ez)
- Spanish (Castilian): Cluck Rust-eze
- Spanish (Latin American): Clack Rust-eze
- Swedish: Klonk Rosti-väck
- Ukrainian: Дзень Іржопхан (transcription: Dzen Irzhopkhan)