Miguel Camino

Miguel Camino is a character in Cars 2.

Official Description

"Spain’s most renowned, admired and captivating car is Pamplona’s Miguel Camino. He first caught his home country’s attention by participating in the infamous Running of the Bulldozers. His flair, style and speed as a toreador in the dozer ring has inspired a generation of young bulldozer fighters, and soon that same speed and verve turned headlights of fans and competitors alike on the Grand Touring Sport racing circuit. Bearing the #5 and the fiery colors of the Spanish flag, Miguel Camino is hoping to race his way into more hearts at the World Grand Prix."

Cars 2

In the movie, he was the first racer zapped by the lemons' machine during the race in Tokyo, and he went into the pits. Brent Mustangburger says "Very unusual, Darrell. He's been so consistent all year." During that race, his pit was between Lightning McQueen's and Nigel Gearsley's. In the Italy race, he is the 4th car to get damaged, as he crashes with Shu Todoroki, and gets hit by Max Schnell. However, he got fixed, and was able to race in London. When the race started, he was in third place. Then he raced in Radiator Springs.

Personality

Miguel Camino is good in bullfighting bulldozers in his own country due to its flair, style, and speed as a toreador in the dozer ring that inspired a generation of young bulldozer fighters. He is empathetic, sincere, warm-hearted, and generous, and Miguel Camino is caring and self-sacrificing, often putting others' needs before their own. He also doesn't like being unwanted or unloved, and the Core Desire is to feel loved and appreciated.

Specifications

Retrieved from Stitch Kingdom via the Web Archive.^[1]

Top Speed: 200 mph
Zero – 60 mph: 3.6 seconds
Engine Type: DOHC V-8
Horsepower: 570
Vehicle Type: 2007 Grand Touring Sports SS-E Racer

Creation and development

While there isn't much information about Miguel's development, an early concept design of the World Grand Prix Racers suggests he and Lewis Hamilton were not originally intended to be part of the World Grand Prix. Instead, there were plans to feature a Porsche GT based on the Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2 racecar, and a #62 Ferrari GT2 based on the #62 Ferrari F430 GT2 used by the Risi Competizione racing team. However, this character was scrapped and was replaced by the Spanish GT2 champion, Miguel Camino.

Jay Shuster, a character and environment designer who worked on all three Cars films, stated in a fan interview that Miguel took inspiration from the Chevrolet Corvette (repurposed after the C6-R model made for Jeff Gorvette), the Nissan GT-R, and the American muscle cars that were around during the production of Cars 2.

Trivia

On Miguel's tires reads "TOK-EO - traction a temperature A - P215/65R15 89H".
In the Spanish version of Cars 2, there is a car named Fernando Alonso that has the same body as Miguel.
Miguel's pit crew chief is Petro Cartalina.
The Mattel toy version of Miguel has an error which is a red spoiler on him instead of a black one. The Disney version of him has the black spoiler.
Miguel is a 2007 Grand Touring Sports SS-E Racer, a fictional model that was confirmed in a fan interview by Jay Shuster, Cars 2's Character Art Director, to be inspired by the Corvette, Nissan GT-R, and American muscle cars.
Miguel Camino's full name is a reference to the Chevy El Camino. "Camino" is a Spanish word, which can be translated as "road."
The black and red designs on Miguel's body are Miró-inspired and are also based on the flag of Spain (with the Spanish coat of arms on the hood).