Doc Hudson
Engine: Straight 6, Twin "H" power, 175 horsepower
Chassis: Step-Down chassis which gives excellent handling
Doc is a 1951 Hudson Hornet. A super-fast flash in the pan, the Hudson was only produced for seven years. But the car, produced initially by the Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, was a 27-time winner on the NASCAR tour in 1952. The car was re-styled into a more conservative version as Hudson Motor's factory closed in 1954 and the car was made by the newly formed American Motors. By 1958, production ceased and American Motors focused on its other models.
In its day, the Hudson may have been the scourge of the race track, but in the movie Cars, Doc Hudson is anything but a speedy character. Doc was once known as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet (#51), one of the most famous racecars to have ever lived; he won three Piston Cups, and still holds the record for most wins in a single season. A car with a mysterious past, Doc Hudson -- with crystal blue "eyes," naturally -- keeps to himself and is the town doctor, (running the local mechanic shop). Doc has no patience for the town's own hot shot racing car, Lightning McQueen, "played" by Owen Wilson. And in the end, Doc teaches Lightning McQueen a lesson in speed and character.
A seemingly quiet country doctor (mechanic) with a mysterious past, this 1951 Hudson Hornet is a cornerstone of Radiator Springs, and also serves as town judge. Respected and admired by the townsfolk, Doc is a car of few words, and is unimpressed by the town's newest arrival - Lightning McQueen. The speed-obsessed hotshot racecar dismisses Doc as just an old Grandpa car, but comes to discover that the old timer still has a few tricks under his hood.
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