Sir Miles Axlerod is the main villian of the 2011 Pixar movie Cars 2. He is a former oil baron who has sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and has devoted his life to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future—ultimately discovering what he believes is the fuel everyone should be using. Axlerod is also the car behind the World Grand Prix, a three-country race he created that attracts the world’s top athletes—but it’s really an excuse to show off his new wonder-fuel, allinol.
Role in Cars 2
Sir Miles Axlerod (voiced by Eddie Izzard) is the main antagonist of the second film (although this is not revealed until the end). He is a former oil baron who has sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and has devoted his life to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future—ultimately discovering what he believes is the fuel everyone should be using. Axlerod is also the car responsible for creating the World Grand Prix, a three-country race that attracts the world's top racecars—but it's really an excuse to show off his new wonder-fuel, Allinol. Though at first Professor Zündapp appears to be the villain (as he wants to sabotage the World Grand Prix), Axlerod ultimately turns out to be the real villain at the climax of the movie. It turns out that he actually hates alternative energy and still owns the largest untapped oil reserves in the world. His supposed "alternative fuel" is actually gasoline engineered to ignite if hit with electro-magnetic pulses from weapons disguised as World Grand Prix cameras. Axelrod's false persona as an electric vehicle, his alternative fuel, and the World Grand Prix were all parts of a conspiracy plot Axelrod formulated to turn all vehicles in the world against alternative energy and have them rely on gasoline, bringing profits to the lemons and himself.
As the plans in Japan and Italy are working well, Axlerod attempts to suspend the use of Allinol in the final race in England to go on with his plans, but McQueen decides to remain using it. Axelrod, using his robot disguise, orders Professor Zündapp and the lemon cars to kill McQueen in the final race. Fortunately, it turns out that the Allinol McQueen's using was replaced by Fillmore's organic fuel mixture to prevent the radiation from killing him. Eventually, Axelrod arranges for Zündapp and the lemon cars to implant a bomb on Mater's air filter as a backup plan to kill McQueen. Mater later discovers that the story about the conspiracy after helping McMissile and Shiftwell arrest Zündapp and the lemon cars, and confronts Axlerod for it, and his suspicions are confirmed when he forces Axelrod into deactivating the bomb with a voice command in order to prevent from killing himself. To proceed further, Mater opens Axelrod's hood, revealing the same engine of the unseen mastermind depicted in the photo, which Finn and Holley got hold from their American counterpart earlier, proving to be a perfect match. It is not told what happened to Axelrod after being exposed of his criminal plot, but it can be implied in the end of the movie, that he gets arrested on the charges of conspiracy to crime, murder, and embezzlement.
Trivia
- His design resembles an extremly modified version of a Range Rover L322.
- His license plate is ALT NRG, an abreviation of "alternative energy".
- Miles' tire's texture repeat a leaf-shaped motif.