Sir Miles Axlerod, the visionary behind the World Grand Prix and the advocate for Allinol, had a lot to say during the events of Cars 2. .
Axlerod Quotes on Ambition and Change
- “Alternative energy is the future. Trust me, Mel. After seeing Allinol in action at the World Grand Prix, nobody will ever go back to gasoline again.”
- “Today, all your hard work pays off. The world turned their backs on cars like us. They stopped manufacturing us, stopped making our parts. The only thing they haven’t stopped doing is laughing at us. They’ve called us terrible names: jalopy, rust bucket, heap, clunker, junker, beater, wreck, rattletrap, lemon. But their insults just give us strength. Because today, my friends, that all ends!”
- “They laughed at us, but now it’s our turn to laugh back.”
- “Embrace your inner lemon. Let it drive you.”
- “This was meant to be alternative fuel’s greatest moment. After today, everyone will race back to gasoline. And we, the owners of the world’s largest untapped oil reserve will become the most powerful cars in the world!”
- “They will come to us, and they will have no choice, because they will need us.”
- “And they will finally respect us! So hold your hoods high! After today, you will never again be ashamed of who you are!”
- “LONG… LIVE… LEMONS!!!!!”
Axlerod Quotes Introducing the World Grand Prix
- “It is my absolute honor to introduce to you the competitors in the first ever World Grand Prix! From Brazil, number 8…”
- “Oh, the pleasure is all ours, Lightning. You and your team bring excellence and professionalism to this competition.”
- “And now our last competitor. Number 95, Lightning McQueen!”
Axlerod Quotes on Allinol’s Safety (and Lack Thereof)
- “Allinol is safe! Alternative fuel is safe! There is no way my fuel caused these cars to flame out!”
- “An independent panel of scientists has determined that Allinol is completely safe, okay? Safe! There it is.”
Axlerod Quotes Revealing His True Nature
- “…till Lightning McQueen is dead!”
- “Electric cars don’t use oil, ya twit!”
- “This lorry’s crazy! He’s going to kill us all! [gets cornered, almost falling off the platform] Stay away!”
- “You’re insane, you are! DEACTIVATE!!!!!”
Axlerod’s Initial Statements
- “Thank you, Mel. It is very, very good to be here. Now, listen to me. Big oil. It costs a fortune. Pollution is getting worse. I mean, come on, it’s a fossil fuel. “Fossil,” as in dead dinosaurs. And we all know what happened to them.”
- “Of course we invited him, but apparently after his very long racing season he is taking some time off to rest.”
- “Well, this sounds like something that needs to be settled on the race course. What do you say, Lightning McQueen? We’ve still got room for one more racer.”
- “Welcome, everyone. I wish I could be with you on this very special day, but my clutch assembly broke. You know how it is.”
- “I’m sorry to interrupt.”
- “I just wanted to come down here, and to personally thank you. Because after Italy, I was finished, and then you gave me one last shot.”
- “I probably shouldn’t be saying this at all, but I hope you win today. You show the world that they’ve been wrong about Allinol.”
- “What?! Me? You’ve got to be crazy.”
- “What is he talking about?”
- “Dee-sguised voice?! What are you talking about? You’re nuts, you are!”
- “”What if?” You’re basing this on a “what if”?!”
- “Wait! Somebody save me! The lorry’s crazy! Keep away, you idiot!”
- “I suppose that… [sighs] Look, the show must go on, as they say. But now is not the time to talk about…”
- “I cannot, in good conscience, continue to risk the lives of any more race cars. The final race will not be run on Allinol.”