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Old favourites featured in 2006 'Cars' movie
![]() ![]() ![]() The story involves aspiring-champion racecar Lightning McQueen (possibly named after the actor Steve McQueen, who also developed a reputation as a world-class race car and motorcycle driver), who is on the fast track to success, fame and everything he has ever hoped for -- until he takes an unexpected detour on the dusty highway.
His have-it-all-now attitude is thrown into a tailspin when a small-town community, Radiator Springs, that time forgot, shows Lightning McQueen what he has been missing in his high-octane life. (U.S. Highway 66 or Route 66 was the most famous road in the U.S. Highway system.)
Commenting on the announcement, Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios (which recently acquired Pixar) said, "Cars is the quintessential summer film for audiences of all ages. It has a fantastic story full of action, adventure, comedy, heartfelt emotion with cutting edge animation and incredible voice talent."
'Cars' longs to be a summer movie, said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "We plan to finish 'Cars' on its original schedule, and look forward to 'Cars' and our future films benefiting by summer theatrical releases and holiday DVD releases."
'Cars', the seventh animated feature film to be created by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, is directed by Pixar's two-time Academy Award-winner John Lasseter, who directed 'Toy Story,' 'A Bug's Life,' and 'Toy Story 2.'
'Cars' features the voice talents of Owen Wilson (the voice of Lightning McQueen), Paul Newman and Bonnie Hunt, and has a wide assortment of cars as characters who get their kicks on Route 66.
![]() The Academy Award-winning actor, who voices the character of a 1951 Hudson Hornet named Doc Hudson in the computer-animated feature, already holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest driver to win a professionally sanctioned race in 1995 at Daytona.
The all-star vocal cast also includes performances by racing legend Richard Petty and Cheech Marin.
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