While McQueen is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, the artists mixed and matched elements of the Chevrolet Corvette C6 and Corvette C1.

Is Lightning McQueen a Corvette or Viper?

Lightning McQueen is Clearly a Dodge Viper by 3DPhantom on DeviantArt.

What year Corvette is Lightning McQueen?

It'd be challenging to make McQueen stand out from the crowd when every other car on the track looked like him. However, there was that partnership with Chevrolet to make McQueen look like the C6 Corvette, which debuted in 2005, a year before the movie hit theaters.