Mitch- Not neccesarily. I’ve seen a few girls that could easily pass as guys, and
vice versa. On this quiz show that was shown just before the New Year, they had this contestant whose gender I
couldn’t decide until about ten minutes into the show. He (as I eventually found out) had just below shoulder
length hair, wore heavy make up (as is the fashion with guys now, who are trying to be ‘indie’) and clothes
that could be for either sex. His voice didn’t sound either feminine or masculine. It was only by others
referring to Noel as a ‘he’ that I even found out what gender he was! 
But, in most cases, it is
relatively obvious, and Pixar would have to make it even more obvious for the little kids watching.
Mitch
#22
lizardgirl - Haha! Yes,
you do have a point there. I have seen guys and girls that could pass as the opposite sex before. It’s the
weirdest thing… (snigger)
I agree – Pixar would have to make the differentiation between each male
and female car obvious for young children, and for adults too, for that matter. The sure did a pretty good job of
it. Also, the types of cars they chose to pass off as girls seemed to help, as well.
Another thing how do you think the males and females know the difference . Like a girl car
could be like " hi 
" and then the other car could be like " i’m a girl " . I mean ,
we have humans like that , so do you think the cars do ?
[b]*edited by
PixarVixen ~~=oP*[/b]
Okaaaay…This topic is heading down the wrong
path.
GLP and Mitch, please discontinue what you
guys were just posting about. You need to be considerate of members/guests who may be of that persuasion, and
it’s inappropriate for Pixar Planet.
~~=oP
eh , sorry . Just to make those peoples feel better : it’s your life ! Have fun by
any means nessicary( did i spell that right ? ) !
Do you think guys like certain things and girls
like certain things kind of like we do ? I mean , i guess most guys would probably be like they are here , really
… um … different than girls . Like most of the time guys will talk about football and girls will talk about
, what else , boys . Most of time it’s Zac Efron and Jhonny Depp . You think they have certain obsessions that
stay usually in one gender , like shoes ( or tires in their case ) for girls and sports ( not that girls don’t
like sports ) for guys ?
Speaking of males and females, I bet it would be really, incredibly, hair-pullingly
hard to tell if it is a girl if she is a tomboy. How hard will that be? 
Mitch
#28
PixarVixen - Heh – yeah, my
apologies, as well. We were heading down the wrong path there – into some boundaries that shouldn’t be crossed.
The Star Swordsman - Perhaps by the way the tomboy car acts would give
people/other cars some hints? But yeah, it would be rather hard to tell the difference.
It is like she
acts like a boy and loves to do boyish things, but it is a girl.
owie! my brain hurts!
ohh… with the confussion!
well, I don’t think
that they have different ‘parts of their body’ like the exact same car except one male and the other a female
it’s like their the same. But the thing (my opoinon!) is that they have differnt personalities, voices,
movements, ideas, and so and so on. Now Tomboys well somehow you can tell it’s a girl.
That’d be somehow
wierd if cars had ya know, “Parts” 
I’m not going there!
I see Carfreek. The thing is, if you look hard enough, you can tell if it is a boy or a girl,
even if it is a tomboy. I think this same thing works for Cars as well. But look at everyone in the stands. I bet
that would make it more of a challenge.
Dash
#32
Male cars have a Himi inside.
Seriously
though. Let’s tink of how we can tell the difference in aspects that other cars my see as opposed to
“parts” that might make them one way or the other. Humans don’t show off those parts in public so why
should cars and I don’t think there’s much need to talk about them. =)
And to be frank, I think you guys are starting to overanalyze the whole subject of car
gender. They are different types of cars with eyes and voices. There really isn’t more to it than
that.
Pixar’s primary focus is on story. In the grand scheme of things, they want to make it evident who
is what, but they know that when developing their characters, what you see and what you hear is all you’ll need
to be able to establish that.
~~=oP
Mitch
#34
PixarVixen - Concerning your aspect of story: Yes – I agree.
Story is the key to any Pixar film, not what the characters look like or what gender they are, or even the
setting of the productions; it’s the plot and how well it is manipulated that matters.
Perhaps some of
us are so intrigued by the various worlds Pixar has created that we strive to know more about each film: how they
are constructed; what makes a character a character; why Pixar chose a particular location for their movie, and
so on. I suppose a select few of us (myself included) just got a little “over-excited”, so to speak,
and delved into a gender realm that really doesn’t need to be discussed unless necessary.
Man, I feel so
embarassed now… 
Dash
#35
I actually disagree with PV’s
assertation there. I think that character are essential to the story and thus their gender is central, esp. when
it comes to the relationships. If all of the Cars had been gender neutral then the relationships would have been
far less romantic and meaningful to us. I’m not sure what it is exactly but you CAN tell as you look over the
audience who is mail or female in general. Maybe it’s smoother curves or something. The point is though it’s
like people. Somehow when a flat chested, grissled woman or long haired, smoothe skinned guy comes around you
can still make out their gender and I think it’s character design mastery that Pixar was able to recreate this
illusion in Cars.
I will say though that most of the characters talk before you even see them (even if
only a split second) giving you a natural bias towards their gender and even those shown first are quick to speak
before an audience member could get too comfortable setting their mind on the wrong gender. This is mastery in
script writing IMHO. =)