Yesterday, we shared a gallery of adorable, celebrity-inspired characters from Pixar's much anticipated Cars, in theaters today. The slide show left one car out, however: Tim Cruz, one of Lightning McQueen's most ferocious raceway rivals, whose celebrity voice goes uncredited ("by request of the actor," according to the press materials). Tim's big, gleaming grill tends to unsettle the other competitors, as does his insistence on foregoing the help of a pit crew; citing their "dangerous street mechanics," he instead relies on a regimen of gas tank vitamin supplements. He can usually be seen accompanied by another character, Elroy Hibbard, a menacing white van whose windshield eyes are masked by heavy tinting.

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