Cars is a 2006 American
computer-animated comedy-
adventure sports film produced by
Pixar Animation Studios and released by
Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by
John Lasseter, it is Pixar's final independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by
anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features the voices of
Owen Wilson,
Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature),
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. Real life race car drivers
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.,
Mario Andretti and
Michael Schumacher, and car enthusiast
Jay Leno (as "Jay Limo") voice themselves. It 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 theatrical and home media releases.