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.

The project started with a brand-new, seventh-generation Ford Mustang equipped with the naturally-aspirated 5.0-liter V8 engine and painted in Race Red. The next step was to apply the special ...

Best friends Lightning McQueen and Mater are back, reuniting for an epic cross-country trip in "Cars on the Road." This new series of animated short films promises big laughs, old favorites and ...

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 ...