What is the name of the Italian village featured in Pixar's Cars 2?

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Porto Corsa is the Italian village featured in Pixar's Cars 2.

The seaside location hosts one of the World Grand Prix races, bringing Lightning McQueen and Mater into the international spy adventure. Porto Corsa is presented as a stylized automotive version of a Mediterranean coastal town, with steep streets, waterfront scenery, and historic-looking architecture.

Cars 2 moves beyond the American setting of the first film by visiting Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The World Grand Prix gives the movie a structure based on multiple international races, while Mater becomes involved in a mistaken-identity espionage plot.

Porto Corsa is not Radiator Springs, the fictional Arizona town central to the first and third films. Nor is it a real Italian municipality under that exact name; it is a fictional setting created for the Cars universe.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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