Cars was originally going to be called Route 66, which would make a lot of sense because of the location that the movie takes place in. The release title was chosen to avoid confusion with the 1960s TV series of the same name as the working title.

Frank makes an appearance in Cars Land, in Radiator Springs Racers. Mater takes the vehicle tractor tipping, then they wake up Frank. He then chases away them, and you run away into Radiator Springs.

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Cars was released on DVD in both wide-screen and full-screen editions on October 25, 2006 in Australia and New Zealand, on November 7, 2006 in the United States and Canada, and on November 27, 2006 in the United Kingdom. It includes DVD-exclusive short film Mater and the Ghostlight and the film's theatrical short One Man Band, as well as Inspiration for Cars, a 16 minute long documentary about Cars featuring John Lasseter, the director. It also had a version of the Pixar short, Boundin' as an Easter Egg. The first DVD release was the last Disney DVD to be THX-certified. Dane Cook • Stacy Keach • Brad Garrett • Teri Hatcher • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Priyanka Chopra • John Cleese • Cedric the Entertainer • Carlos Alazraqui • Roger Craig Smith • Anthony Edwards • Val Kilmer • Sinbad • Gabriel Iglesias • Brent Musburger • Colin Cowherd • Danny Mann • Oliver Kalkofe • John Ratzenberger • Jonathan Adams • Jeff Bennett • Klay Hall • Mark Allan Stewart • Fred Tatasciore • Emerson Tenney • Kari Wahlgren • Dave Wittenberg • David Croft • Barney Harwood • Jessica Marais Main Street Electrical Parade: Electrical Parade Elliott • Electrical Parade Minnie • Electrical Parade Tinker Bell • Electrical Parade Cheshire Cat • Electrical Parade Blue Fairy

In Cars: The Video Game, they only appear in Tractor Tipping. The goal is to tip all the tractors before time runs out, and try to avoid getting caught by Frank or the lamps.

Brian Fee • Kevin Reher • Daniel Gerson • Randy Newman • John Lasseter • Ben Queen • Kevin Reher • Kiel Murray • Bob Peterson • Aaron Conover • Michael Fong Ornament Valley, near Radiator Springs, is shaped like car hoods. The mountain range surrounding Radiator Springs is called Cadillac Range. The mountains are shaped like quarter panels of 50's Cadillacs, in reference to Cadillac Ranch.

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In the scene where the race announcers are talking about the popularity of the race, it says that the whole town of Emeryville is closed for the race. Emeryville is the location of the Pixar Studios. Klay Hall • Traci Balthazor-Flynn • John Lasseter • Jeffrey M. Howard • Mark Mancina • Jeremy Milton Toroidal Vortex Cannon • Plow • Vita-minamulch Sprayer • Paint Sprayer • Flare Launcher • Magnet • De-Tornadofier • Lightning Rod • Camera • Super Taxi Magnet • Cannon In Cars Race-O-Rama, they appear in a minigame called Tractor Stampede. There are tractors stampeding all over Radiator Springs. The goal is to tip all 10 before time runs out, and there is no Frank to watch out for. Tractors also appear in Cars 2: The Video Game along with Frank. The player can earn the "Tractor Tipping" badge if they tip three tractors in any place they can find them.

McQueen attempts to follow Mater's instructions and revs his engine loudly. While Mater usually only tips one tractor at a time, Lightning's revving wakes up the entire field of tractors, causing them to tip simultaneously. Mater and McQueen laugh at the incident, but are interrupted when Frank, the combine that looks after the tractors, is woken up too, and begins chasing them around the fields. They manage to escape by slipping through the small gate, which Frank is unable to go through. However, they do not close the gate, and the tractors are able to move through it.The original script (called The Yellow Car, about an electric car living in a gas-guzzling world), some of the original drawings and characters were produced in 1998 and the producers agreed that Cars could be the next movie after A Bug's Life and would be released in early 1999, particularly around June 4. However, the movie was eventually scrapped in favor of Toy Story 2. Later, production resumed with major script changes, like giving Mater, Doc, and a few other characters a bigger part.