If you’ve got children of a certain age, you’ll know how fond they are of the plastic ride-on electric cars you can buy at any toy store in the U.S. You’ll also know that as they grow, children ...

I might be the only person at Gizmodo that likes Sphero’s new Cars toy. My co-workers hate the way the robot announces it’s going to sleep, and the long animated process it takes to wake up. They’re ...

Ready for another lap? Fans asked and Crocs delivered! In honor of Lightning McQueen Day, Crocs announced a restock of the limited-edition Classic Lightning McQueen Clog. The shoe is a fan-first take ...

Like Cars 2? Got 100 hours and 5,554 toy cars to spare? Model-maker Jay Sheppard did. And this is the result of his work - a life-size model of Cars 2 star Lightning McQueen, made from toy cars. Built ...

The success of Pixar’s original Cars movie was mainly due to the fact that the cars in it had a more personalised, human-like ability attached to them. With talking cars and the voice talents of Owen ...

Starting May 15, lovers of Disney Pixar's Cars and Cars 2 will be able to customize their own versions of Tow Mater, Lightning McQueen and the gang at Toys “R” Us stores worldwide. In an exclusive ...

NASCAR engineer Seth Dillard uses real-world aerodynamics software to prove Lightning McQueen's smile is actually a drag.

Disney has released teaser upon teaser for Cars 3, and although it’s hinted at main character Lightning McQueen suffering a terrible accident, nothing has ever been confirmed. In the new, extended ...

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