Several brands that sponsored Piston Cup teams in Cars appear in Cars 2 on advertisements in Tokyo. These includes Nitroade, RPM, Easy Idle, Vitoline, Mood Springs, Clutch Aid, Tank Coat, Gasprin, an allusion to Lil' Torquey Pistons and Dinoco. Also, Lightning McQueen had the same Rust-eze sponsor in the beginning of the movie. Fireworks: Disney Enchantment • Happily Ever After • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular • Wonderful World of Animation • World of Color: Celebrate! During the introduction before the race in Porto Corsa, when Darrell starts talking, the DVD and Blu-ray subtitles accidentally say Brent's name when it shows who is talking when that character's mouth is not shown. In the subtitles for the audio commentary on Cars 2, John Lasseter describes Mater with " two miniguns" but the subtitles say " two many guns".

Sciretta, Peter (April 8, 2008). "Pixar Announces Up, Newt, The Bear and the Bow and Cars 2". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018 . Retrieved May 18, 2011. Comparison of a shot where Lightning has his correct wheels, with the scene where he has the wrong wheels.For the Tokyo race, Lightning McQueen logically has his racing wheels on. However, in one scene, when the start lights are showing, McQueen is seen with his party wheels on instead of his racing wheels. In the rest of the race, he has his race wheels on. Kilday, Gregg (November 10, 2011). " The Help and Mad Men Win Hollywood Post Alliance Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020 . Retrieved May 8, 2023. WORLDWIDE OPENINGS". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013 . Retrieved June 29, 2011.a b "Cars 2 (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012 . Retrieved August 20, 2016.

During the London scenes of the film, in the director's commentary, John stated that they made enough racing scenes to where the movie could've been an entire racing film. In international versions of the film, the character Jeff Gorvette is replaced with race car drivers better known in the specific countries in his dialogue scenes (however, he still appears as a competitor). [8] TOP OPENING WEEKENDS BY MPAA RATING". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011 . Retrieved June 26, 2011.

Life-sized remote-controlled models of Lightning McQueen, Mater and Finn McMissile were created for Cars 2 as part of the “Agents on a Mission” tour, presented by State Farm, to promote the film. The cars were exposed in several North American cities, including Detroit, Toronto, Phoenix, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Miami, among others. The story of Cars 2 kind of reverses the story of Cars Mater-National. In Cars 2, Lightning and Mater visit the world. In Cars Mater-National, the world visits them. The full length trailer for Cars 2 was released on Pixar's official YouTube channel on November 15, 2010 and later appeared in front of the animated Disney film Tangled. From early 2011 to the opening of Cars 2, Disney/Pixar massively published stills, video clips and concept art from the movie. Characters of the film where also regularly revealed, and for most of them a turntable video was provided. Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Onward (2020) • Soul (2020) • Luca (2021) • Turning Red (2022) • Lightyear (2022) • Elemental (2023) Entertainment: Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy • Moteurs... Action! Stunt Show Spectacular • Pixar Playtime Pals

Pixar Says Cars 2 is Still Due in Cinemas in June 2011". BBC. February 10, 2010. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017 . Retrieved August 22, 2011. Child, Ben (July 22, 2011). "Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' ". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021 . Retrieved April 1, 2020. With most cars out of the race due to the explosions, Lightning and Francesco end up in first and second respectively. Sir Axlerod states that with the Allinol under suspicion, he decides to suspend use of the fuel for the third and final leg in the UK, but Lightning states that he trusts Axlerod's fuel (by Fillmore's advice) and will keep using it. The criminals then decide to have Lightning killed in the next race. Mater reveals himself by accident and rushes to warn his friend, but is captured along Finn and Holley before being able to do so. Hawaiian Vacation, the first episode of the Toy Story Toons series that stars the Toy Story characters, was attached to Cars 2. In November 2010, the film's synopsis was announced, revealing the espionage racing storyline, along with a first look image and official poster. [20] [21] [22]Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film