Italy is the country represented by the fictional racing town Porto Corsa in Pixar’s Cars 2.
Porto Corsa hosts one of the World Grand Prix races and is presented as a picturesque Italian coastal location. Its architecture, harbor, roads, and surrounding landscape draw on visual ideas associated with Italian seaside towns, while the racing course turns those streets into an elaborate circuit.
The film uses Porto Corsa as one of several international settings. Other major locations include Tokyo and London, giving Cars 2 a globe-spanning structure that differs from the first film’s emphasis on Radiator Springs and Route 66.
Porto Corsa is fictional, so it should not be confused with a real Italian municipality. The name is designed to sound Italian and to suggest a port connected with racing. In the story, the town’s World Grand Prix event also intersects with Mater’s investigation into the effects and safety of Allinol fuel.