Lightning McQueen, the star of the movies (you could argue that Mater was the star of Cars 2), however, is a little harder to pin down when it comes to a specific car he is based on.

On Sunday afternoon, Derrick Henry tweeted out a still from the animated movie “Cars” with Lightning McQueen ahead of Chick Hicks and Strip “The King” Weathers on the racetrack. Henry’s ...

The internet has been debating whether or not Lightning McQueen is the Greatest of All Time when it comes to Disney and Pixar's Cars. No, really. Lightning (voiced by Owen Wilson) won his first ...

Best friends Lightning McQueen and Mater are reuniting to tell us some new stories with "Cars on the Road." The new series of animated short films on Disney+ follows the duo as they head out on a ...

Apart from the inherent issues of being an anthropomorphized car in a children's movie voiced by Owen Wilson, Lightning McQueen is not based on any one production car. Following with his character ...