These purpose-built tube-frame machines are the canonical mechanical underpinnings of Mr. McQueen, and at a glance Lightning's silhouette is certainly the Pixar version of the NASCARs of the time.

My apologies for ruining (or enhancing) your favorite childhood film, but it’s necessary to discuss a very consequential plot point that Pixar played out in “Cars 3” (2017). In the film, Lightning ...

Narrator: This is a dog in 1995's "Toy Story." It was a staggering achievement at the time, but the detail in the fur just isn't there. Compare that to this cat in "Toy Story 4." The difference is ...