Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and directed and co-written

by John Lasseter and rel eased by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's final, independently-produced motio n picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by an thropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Cl arkson, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Len o, Michael Schumacher, Tom and Ray Magliozzi from NPR's Car Talk, and Mario Andr etti. The film is also the second Pixar film after A Bug's Life to have an entirely non-human cast. The film was accompanied by the short One Man Band for its theat rical and home media releases. Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Caroli na, and was released on June 9, 2006, to positive reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe Aw ard for Best Animated Feature Film. It was released on DVD November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of sev eral of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disne yPixar film,[2] bringing an estimated $10 billion in 5 years since the film's rel ease.[3] The film was dedicated to Joe Ranft, who was killed in a car accident d uring the film's production. A sequel, Cars 2, was released on June 24, 2011,[4] and a spin-off, Planes, prod uced by DisneyToon Studios, was released on August 9, 2013.[5] A series of short animated films, named Cars Toons, has been airing since 2008. test test An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for tra nsporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitio ns of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to b e constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.[3] The year 1886 is regarded the year of birth of the modern automobile - with the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, by German inventor Carl Benz. Motorized wagons soon repl aced animal-drafted carriages, especially after automobiles became affordable fo r many people when the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908. The term motorcar has formerly also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were often used on subu rban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems.[4] It was estimated in 2010 that the number of automobiles had risen to over 1 bill ion vehicles, up from the 500 million of 1986.[5] The numbers are increasing rap idly, especially in China, India and other NICs.[6]