In Pixar's Cars 2, which villainous professor is an inventor and weapons expert?

In Pixar's Cars 2, Professor Zündapp is the villainous inventor and weapons expert.

Professor Zündapp is an elderly German-styled car who works with the criminal group manipulating the World Grand Prix. He helps develop and deploy technology connected to the Allinol conspiracy, including devices that can make race cars appear to suffer mechanical failures. His name is a reference to Zündapp, a German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917.

The character is part of Cars 2's spy-film structure, which introduces secret agents, surveillance, disguises, and international conspiracies into the franchise. Professor Zündapp is sometimes confused with Sir Miles Axlerod, the former oil tycoon whose public image hides a different role in the plot. Finn McMissile, by contrast, is a British intelligence agent who opposes the conspiracy. These characters occupy distinct sides of the film's espionage story.