Ramone
Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala low-rider who owns Ramone's House of Body Art, the local custom body and paint shop where he paints himself and other cars. His philosophy is cruise low and slow. He is juiced with hydraulics, chrome undercarriage. He owns the slickest car paint shop in the West but hasn’t had a customer in years and no-one left to impress with his low-rider tricks. Ramone keeps himself busy by repainting himself on a daily basis. All he really wants is the chance to cruise low and slow with his wife Flo.
Few cars typify post-war California like the hot rod and the low-rider. While the hot rod was the star of movies. California's large and growing Hispanic population favored the low-rider. Hot rods, built for speed, were often fenderless and were often Fords. Lowrider cars were far more aesthetically pleasing.
The cars had lots of chrome, flashy hubcaps, and a deliberate tail-dragging attitude, often helped along by bags of sand in the trunk. A Chevy was often the car of choice, especially the so-called Chevy Bombs. In Cars, Ramone knows his way around customizing cars. The owner of the town's body shop, Ramone's House of Body Art, he's an artist with paint and metal but hasn't had a car to paint in years. So he repaints himself daily. He's married to his long-time sweetheart, Flo, a classic show car who runs the town diner. And while he waits for his chance to paint Lightning McQueen, his philosophy is to "cruise low and slow and look good doing it."
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