what car is lightning mcqueen based on

Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the animated Pixar franchise Cars. While his design is inspired by many different race cars, the two major car models he is based on are the Chevrolet Corvette C1 (produced between 1953-1962) and the Chevrolet Corvette C6 (produced between 2004-2013) . Lightning McQueens design is loosely inspired by NASCAR Generation 4 cars, but he has a curvaceous body like that of the Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Charger Daytona. His exhaust pipes come from the 1970s Dodge Charger, but with four (two on each side) . According to John Lasseter, the director of the first two films, McQueen's design is a mix between a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer, "with some Lola and some [Ford] GT40".