There are many characters in Cars, many of which are playable in Arcade mode. But to unlock a character, you need to buy them from the Bonus Features shop with your points.
Playable
Lightning McQueen
A race car but you notice that his number is 95 after the year where Pixar release their first featured film, Toy Story. He is a race car sponsored by Rust-eze, He doesn't have any friends except for Mack when he was a racing car but there was a incident when Mack was going to sleep and also Lightning McQueen, The 3 gangter cars which got Lightning out of the car but Lightning wakes up without noticing in traffic and he was speeding until Sheriff stops him in his tracks but Lightning makes a mess of the old forgotten town, Radiator Springs. So he has live there for his life with Mack there also. He's the main and playable character is most races. {{{{GameHelper}}}}