Carla Veloso is a minor character of the 2011 Disney/Pixar animated film Cars 2, She is a Brazilian race car who takes part of the World Grand Prix.
Background[]
Official Description[]
"Carla hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she's been known to dance the night away at the famous 'CAR-nival' but nothing makes her happier than being on the racetrack. Carla was drafted into the 24-hour endurance racing team in Europe after setting a new track record on her local circuit. Now, in the World Grand Prix, this proud Brazilian Le Motor Prototype racer, wearing #8, is the only female in the field."
Physical description[]
Carla is a 2009 Le Motor Prototype B12 Racer. She is powered by a 5.5 liter twin turbocharged diesel V-12 engine with 725 HP. She can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 206 mph. Given that Carla represents a coupe style Le Mans Prototype built in 2009, her design closely resembles a 2009 Lola LMP1. She is most likely based on the 2009 Drayson Racing Lola B09/60 Judd although she also resembles a Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola B08/60, and a Lola-Aston Martin DBR1-2 (other Lola LMP1 cars seen in 2009). Her rear exhaust pipes look like they're from the Audi R10 TDi which may be why she has the twin turbo diesel engine, making her partly a reference to this Le Mans Prototype. Despite not being her main inspiration, Carla's curvy aerodynamics make her symbolic of the following open-cockpit Le Mans Prototypes: Pescarolo Sport C60, Radical SR9, Ginetta Zytek GZ09S, and Oreca FLM09.
Carla is a glittery car painted green and blue, with a large blue spoiler sporting the World Grand Prix logo on it. She has blue splitter at the front which helps create downforce. She has blue 12-spoke rims, and grey and orange headlights. The three dots on her sides are LED lights, which are commonly seen on endurance sports cars. Her roof features an air intake.
Personality and traits[]
Although Carla is a friendly competitor, it reveals in Cars 2: The Video Game that she can play dirty when the player makes her side-bash another car.
Appearences[]
Cars 2[]
Carla racing in Tokyo
In Cars 2, Carla is a Brazilian racer who competes as the first female racer, the #8, for the World Grand Prix. She is seen in all three races and also in the one at Radiator Springs. She finished third in the Tokyo race, and was also seen in the Porto Corsa race in the third position. However, during the Porto Corsa race, Carla's engine blew out, due to Grem aiming the Lemons' modified WGP Camera at her. In London she was seen in the back in 8th place. After passing through the Admiralty Arch she was seen in 9th place, in front of Raoul ÇaRoule and Rip Clutchgoneski. She was seen at the Radiator Springs Grand Prix race, talking with Shun Todoroki. During the race she was seen in 3rd place like usual however her position dropped to 4th due to Mater passing everyone with his rockets.
In other media[]
Cars 2: The Video Game[]
Carla is playable in Cars 2: The Video Game, where she is trained in spy missions by Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell at C.H.R.O.M.E., along with doing races with her friends. In "Lightning the Mood" before the first race in Radiator Springs, Mater welcomes Carla, Jeff and your player (Lightning McQueen if you're playing as Mater, Jeff or her), telling them that they should have the right speed to outrun Frank. Wondering who Frank is, Carla notes him to sound "strong and handsome", to which Mater admits that she "got the strong part right". Finally, everyone completes all the simulations, although Francesco is not able to master all the missions.
Unlike in the movie, she has a big speaking role.
In order to play as Carla, the player has to unlock her by leveling up to Clearance Level 2. She is one of the medium class racers, having more speed than power.
Disney Infinity[]
Carla is a non-playable character in the Cars Play Set for the first Disney Infinity game. In the storyline, Luigi invites her to a race consisting of Radiator Springs' townsfolk, Francesco, Todoroki, Chick Hicks and The King. Occasionally, she is one of the opponents in the regular and battle races that the player takes part in.
While she is in the play set itself, she is not available in the Toy Box, as she is not in the category of cast member toys. This also marks her only appearance in the Disney Infinity series, apart from a picture seen in Ramone's House of Body Art.
Cars: Fast as Lightning[]
Carla about to race against Mater (in his Tokyo paint job) on his track
Carla appears as a playable character in Cars: Fast as Lightning, unlocked by earning all of her stickers, which can be obtained by completing all of Miguel Camino's races. She has four additional paint jobs, Carnaval, Quente, ICE and Neon Carla, all of which can be unlocked by completing practice races at Carla's Track, obtaining all of their corresponding stickers. She has her own home, Carla's Pit, which is also where she parks in the player's town.
Commercials[]
In A Friend in Trouble, Carla and her team have noticed that their equipment has gone missing, so she and Lightning team up to find them. They find the objects, but also receive help from other competitors and teams.
Gallery[]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Carla Veloso/Gallery.
Trivia[]
- In the Brazilian version of Cars 2, Carla replaces Jeff Gorvette and becomes the car Lightning McQueen meets along with Lewis Hamilton at the World Grand Prix opening party. Unlike the English versions, her speaking role expands. In this dub, her performer is the singer Claudia Leitte.
- Also, in said dub, McQueen calls her by nickname, "Carlinha," which means "Lil' Carla".
- According to concept art, Carla was first a German LMP named Marlena Wolfsburg. Her named then changed into Sonia Santana at some point in development and then Carla Veloso.
- Carla Veloso is a 2009 Le Motor Prototype B12 racer which based on The 2007 Drayson Racing Lola B0960-HU03 although she also resembles a 2008 Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola B08/60.
- While being based on the same manufacturer but not the same model, B12 is name of the Le Mans Prototypes introduced by Lola in 2012. This includes B12/60 LMP1, B12/80 LMP2, and the Drayson B12/69 EV.
- In Cars 2: The Video Game (the DS version only), Carla's engine is exploded by Grem at the Paris race.
- Coincidentally, Carla is also the eighth model (just like her number) in the Cars 2 die-cast number listing.
- In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, the player as a car is the same model as Carla Veloso if the player is a female.
- In Cars 2: World Grand Prix Read and Race, the first race car has the same body as Carla Veloso, but is blue instead of green.
- In Lightning Speed her last name is accidentally misspelled as "Velosa" instead of "Veloso".
- Her pits in Porto Corsa incorrectly has the flag and surname for Rip Clutchgoneski rather than her's.
- She and Shun are the only Le Mans racers in the World Grand Prix.
- Her pitties' model are same as Alex Machino.
- Carla's pit crew chief is Cruz Besouro.
- According to Meet the Cars, Carla is a 2009 Le Motor Prototype B12 Racer which is a Pixar in-house design that is based on and a reference to the 2009 Drayson Lola B09/60 Judd, an LMP1 that raced from 2009-2010 and later evolved into the Lola-Drayson B12/69 EV in 2012. This prototype is also shown in a Cars 2 documentary "Many Nations, One Race", and the B12/69 EV being shown in a Cars 2 magazine.
- While the Drayson Lola B09/60 has a 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V10 in real life, Carla is powered by a 5.5-liter twin-turbo diesel V12 which was only used by Audi R10 TDi and Peugeot 908 HDi.
- Carla's racing number 8, is a reference to the #8 Lola B09/60 Judd that claimed it's first victory at the Road America 500 race of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.
- Carla's LMP model name "B12" is the name of the Le Mans Prototypes built by Lola in 2012.
- She is the only female racer in the World Grand Prix.
- As a die-cast, she is very rare as a single but is available in variety of box sets.
- According to her official bio from the Meet the Cars book, she participates in 24-hour endurance races held in Europe meaning that Carla Veloso's racing league is an allusion to the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) which is a subdivision of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- Carla's pit crew chief is Cruz Besouro.