Cars 2 features London, Tokyo, and Porto Corsa as race locations.
The film’s World Grand Prix travels across three major settings: Tokyo, the fictional Italian coastal city of Porto Corsa, and London. These locations give the sequel a globe-trotting structure and allow Pixar to stage races in visually distinct environments, including city streets, coastal roads, and the London finale.
Cars 2 expands the franchise beyond Radiator Springs and the American racing circuit. Lightning McQueen enters the international event, while Mater becomes entangled in an espionage plot involving Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell. The combination of racing and spy-film elements makes the sequel notably different in tone from the more character-driven original.
Cars 2 was Pixar’s twelfth feature film and was released in 2011. It was directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. The three locations should not be confused with the fictional town of Radiator Springs, which remains central to the first and third Cars films.