For trivia relating to the follow-up series Turbo F.A.S.T., see here.
- Acclaimed Flop: Ended up losing DreamWorks $13.5 million, plus an additional $2 million when the Blu-ray sales tanked. Budget, $135 million. Box office, $83,028,128 (domestically), $282,570,682 (worldwide). That being said, the reviews were generally positive and it has a 67% (Fresh) rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- All-Star Cast: The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Samuel L. Jackson, Luis Guzman, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, and Ben Schwartz.
- Box Office Bomb: Budget: $135 million. Box Office: $83,028,128 (domestically), $282,570,682 (worldwide). Ended up losing DreamWorks $13.5 million, plus an additional $2 million when the Blu-ray sales tanked.
- On a lighter note however the Turbo franchise was still considered to be profitable by DreamWorks due to the popularity of the series
- Creator Killer: This film not performing all that well financially in both the theaters and home market, along with the shareholder lawsuit thrown in Katzenberg's direction, made Turbo part of the mid-New Ten's chain of misfires that crushed the main DWA careers of Katzenberg and CCO Bill Damaschke.
- Dueling Movies: With Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured Sonic the Hedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the Sonic movie was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), involved car racing, and had a character who was the secret Big Bad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings. Coincidentally, said character is also named Turbo. Turbo loses.
- Fake Nationality: American actor Bill Hader voices the French Canadian Guy Gagné.
- What Could Have Been: Cut dialogue
from Bill Hader's recording session as Guy Gagne suggests the character would've been more openly antagonistic before or after being revealed to be Evil All Along.
