This is a full sized Mater.
The task to transform cartons into real cars was given by Pixar to Eddie Paul’s “Customs By Eddie Paul”, a division of EP Industries, Inc.

The project included real-life versions of the characters “Lightning McQueen” (based on a Pontiac Trans Am), “Sally Carrera” (based on a Porsche 911) and tow truck “Mater”.

Each vehicle was built in less than one month; the development process included computer 3D modeling - done in Rhino - CNC machining and the bodyshop expertise of Eddie’s team.

The cars were displayed at various automotive events to promote the movie and were presented recently at the SEMA Show.

Among the technical difficulties of this particular jobs was the presence of mouths in place of the front grilles. In order to get airflow into the engine, Paul’s team installed intake fans to collect air from the underbody and the interior.

This used to be a 1992 Toyota Celica but… its not anymore! I cant believe someone could survive this crash but they did.

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Crashed into a Ford F-350 head on at a combined speed of 90 mph. Driver of Celica had many broken bones including a fractured skull, but fully recovered.

Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000 Euros. The giant model takes up Arndt’s entire kitchen and probably his social life. It can be broken down into 45 parts for easy transport to various matchstick-builders conventions.

Its time to scuba dive in a car!!! This car was based on the James Bond movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ which starred the famous Lotus Esprit underwater car. However the James Bond movie had a model, this Lotus Elise is the real deal. This £750,000 prototype can dive in depths of up to 10 metres. Unlike the James Bond movie, it can go underwater with the roof down.

This really is an amazing car. I cannot wait until everyone owns a car like this!