Cruz Ramirez

Cruz Ramirez is the deuteragonist of Disney/Pixar's animated feature Cars 3.

She is a racing trainer who helped Lightning McQueen get his racing mojo back so he can defeat Jackson Storm. Later, she becomes a racer as she has dreamed of it, and defeats Jackson Storm herself.

Biography

Cars 3

Initially, she is recruited by Lightning McQueen to help him train for the upcoming Florida 500 and defeat a rookie named Jackson Storm. After a series of unsuccessful attempts to train McQueen at the Rust-eze Racing Center, the two participate in a series of events including unwittingly entering and winning in demolition derby and training at Thomasville with Doc Hudson's former mentor, Smokey. She races in the Florida 500 herself as McQueen's replacement sporting his number, which she eventually wins jointly with McQueen. After the race, she politely turns down Sterling's offer to join the race team, possibly in retaliation for underestimating her skills and joins Dinoco's racing team sporting Doc Hudson's old number (51), with McQueen serving as her crew chief.

Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool

In Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool, Cruz is celebrating the achievement of her Florida 500 trophy with McQueen, when they both see a commercial starring Miss Fritter. However, the loud volume causes Cruz's Crazy Eight trophy to smash, much to her shock.

Cars on the Road

Gettin' Hitched

Cruz appears in Cars on the Road episode Gettin' Hitched when Lightning McQueen and Mater went to Mato's Wedding.

Cruz Ramirez who is attending the wedding, as the groom is her cousin Mateo, and that she has been getting into various hobbies during the off season. They finally meet Mato who is kind and considerate, except towards Mater whom she picks on and entices him to challenge him to various games.

Cruz reveals that she has dabbled in family psychiatry and manages to get Mater and Mato to work out their issues with one another. The Justice leaves out of frustration and Cruz takes over to officiate the wedding. McQueen is eager to get back on a plane and fly home, but upon hearing Mater's wedding speech (which combines his B-movie president speech), McQueen realizes that the journey was exciting and agrees to return home on the road with Mater again.

Other Appearances

Cars 3: Driven to Win

Cruz appears in her Dinoco paint job, as one of the six playable characters who are available from the start. She appears in most of the cutscenes with Lightning McQueen.

In the Stig vs Lightning McQueen short, Cruz, McQueen and Mater, all in LEGO forms, travel to the Top Gear test track to race with the Stig. However, at the end of the race, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa collapses on top of the Stig, and Cruz and McQueen can only watch as Mater unsuccessfully tries to get him back to his original shape

Personality

Cruz Ramirez is described as optimistic, sunny, kind and fierce. As a racing trainer, she enjoys assisting other cars in improving their racing abilities, including Lightning McQueen, whom she greatly admires. She believes ones can use anger as motivation. She also wanted to become a racer forever because of Lightning McQueen, and in the end, she got her chance. She is also very sweet.

Powers/Skills

With a bodywork made of lightweight alloy, an aerodynamic Venturi channeled chassis, and a High Performance DOHC V-6 engine, Cruz can go from zero to sixty miles per hour in 3.8 seconds, and can go up to 210 miles per hour. She has a voice command assistant called Hamilton.

Specifications

• Vehicle type: 2017 CRS Sports Coupe
• Top Speed: 210 mph
• 0-60 mph: 3.8 seconds
• Engine Type: High Performance DOHC V-6
• Chassis: Aerodynamic Venturi Channeled
• Body: Lightweight alloy

Creation and development

To give Cruz a positive set of expressions and movement, the character riggers used 656 controls; 360 were for Cruz's body, and 296 were used for her face.

Physical appearance

Cruz is painted yellow all over, with brown eyes, and contains the Rust-eze Racing Center logo just between her doors and front fenders.

According to her character pose, she is a 2017 CRS Sports Coupe. Her license plate reads "C01 06A", which is a combination of her voice actress Cristela Alonzo's initials and birthday.

Trivia

• Cruz was voiced by Cristela Alonzo.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Winnie the Pooh, Ash Ketchum, Littlefoot, Twilight Sparkle, SpongeBob, Alex, Tommy Oliver and their friends in Pooh's Adventures of Cars 3.
  • In that same film, Tigger refers to her as "Cruzy-Girl".
  • In that same film, Cruz Ramirez formed a special friendship with the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo) when they helped her re-discover her true talent in racing and be a real racer.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Thomas the Tank Engine, Sunset Shimmer and their friends in Thomas' Adventures of Cars 3.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Sora and his friends in Sora's Adventures of Cars 3.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Tino and his friends in Tino's Adventures of Cars 3.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Danny and his friends in Danny's Adventures of Cars 3.
• Cruz Ramirez will meet Ryan, Crash, Thomas and their friends in Ryan's Adventures of Cars 3.
• In Ryan's Adventures Series, she is Bumblebee's girlfriend and she is Ace's friend.
• It is unknown if there will be a Cars 4, as Pixar could possibly try to get a good story with Cruz as the main protagonist, like Cars 2 which was about her mentor's best friend Mater, and Lightning was the protagonist of the first and third film.
  • Her face seems to look a little like Sally, but her body is shaped like a Jaguar F-Type.
  • Cruz's license plate is licensed in Texas and reads "C01 06A"--which includes Cristela Alonzo's initials, "CA", and birthday, January 6.
  • Cruz has 656 rigging controls, including 360 for her body and 296 for her face.
  • When Cruz tells the story about how she wanted to become a racer, and how she used to watch McQueen on TV fly through the air, this references the original Cars film where McQueen avoids a huge crash caused by Chick Hicks by jumping on Claude Scruggs' tires to get through the wreck.
    • She is the only female Next-Gen racer in the Piston Cup.
      • Interestingly, and besides, she is also the only out of all in the Next-Gen series to be equipped with a V6 engine.
      • She, Misti Motorkrass, and Louise Nash are the only known female racers in the Piston Cup.
      • Cruz has 656 rigging controls, including 360 for her body and 296 for her face.
    • Although the engine displacement is currently unknown, it may be 3.5 liters, a very popular displacement for a V6 engine.
    • According to the Cars 3 credits, Mack is her hauler. But in 2019, Mattel released a playset featuring "Cruz Ramirez's Hauler".

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