Very popular with the residents of Radiator Springs, Mater is always there to help his friends and pull them through any crisis. Once Mater was a young, shiny blue tow truck, but these days he could do with a generous helping of Rust-eze and a fresh coat of paint. One would have to peer closely to see his original colors. [1]. Mater: "My name's Mater."Lightning McQueen: "Mater?"Mater: "Yeah, like "tuh-mater," but without the "tuh"." —Mater introduces himself to Lightning McQueen Sir Tow Mater KBE, or simply Tow Mater, or Mater is one of the main characters of the Disney•Pixar Cars franchise. He is a rusty old tow truck and Lightning McQueen's best friend. He is a major character in Cars, the protagonist of Cars.
"Yeah, like "tuh-mater," but without the "tuh"." —Mater, Cars Sir Tow Mater MBE, better known as Mater, is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Cruz Ramirez) of the Cars franchise. In the films, he is the tritagonist of Cars, the main protagonist of Cars 2 and a supporting character in Cars 3. In the TV shows, he is the titular protagonist of his own Tall Tales series, one of the main.. In the "Our Town" scene in the first Cars film, there's a teal tow truck with buck teeth at Flo's. Could this be Mater? Because the scene takes place forty years in the past and it could be argued that present-day Mater is covered with rust and has no paint color anymore.