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.

Here what Pixar creators used as inspiration for the kind of car McQueen is. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 💵📚 Celeb news ⭐ U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money ...

Lightning McQueen wasn't based on just one car —or just one driver. Old Lightning is a tapestry of bodywork from many championship-winning and history-making race cars, and that steel tube frame ...

Instead, animators borrowed from several different cars to create McQueen’s iconic look. There’s even a bit of the design from a Lola and the Ford GT40.

Much like with the BB-8 toy, the Lightning McQueen robot is not only controlled by a companion app over Bluetooth, it’ll also throw some quips your way when you watch Cars with it. Since the ...

A scene from Disney’s Cars is becoming a viral meme and bringing tears to viewers’ eyes in the process. The meme starts with the person posting the video explaining a challenge they’re facing (trouble ...

The Porsche 930 in question was owned by Steve McQueen, and over the weekend the car that belonged to the King of Cool brought $1.95 million at the Mecum Auctions sale in Monterey on Saturday.

Cars 3, directed by Brian Fee, saw Lightning McQueen seemingly retire from racing to train a new protg, Cruz Ramirez, understanding he's getting too old for professional racing.Coming off the back ...

This poster, featuring the No. 48 Porsche 908, trumpets Steve McQueen’s car’s racing accomplishments. The McQueen/Revson team’s Porsche 908 at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race.

Cars 3 made its first splash with an unexpectedly dark teaser trailer. The franchise’s hero, Lightning McQueen, suffers a seemingly fatal crash, toppling end over end across the race track ...

Every car needs a new paint job now and then, even Lightning McQueen. In the final act of Cars 3, Lightning realizes “he’s experiencing what Doc experienced when he became Lightning McQueen ...

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 ...