He contacted Godmaster Ginrai when he heard about his television appearance, and the Autobots started to suspect his car was a Transector. Lightfoot started to get dreams of a robot. When Lightfoot became old enough to drive, his father gave him the car. His father created a prototype car from metal he discovered in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The human Lightfoot is the 17-year-old son of the head of British Motors, a Canadian-based auto company (although his bio states he's from the United States).