Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar Cars franchise. He was developed by John Lasseter and co-director Joe Ranft from a story concept by See more

Cars filmography
Cars (2006)
Lightning McQueen is a rookie racecar in the Piston Cup series and secretly disdains his sponsor, Rust-eze, hoping to be chosen by the more prestigious Dinoco team. Initially … See more

Critical response
Lightning McQueen's debut in Cars received a mixed response from critics. Lisa Schwarzbaum … See more

Concept and creation
The concept for Cars originated in 1998 when Danish story development artist Jorgen Klubien had the idea to write an animated feature based on a three-wheeled electric car in Denmark that had proven to be … See more

Lightning McQueen has been widely merchandised as part of the Cars franchise. The character has been reproduced by Mattel as a die-cast toy car amongst hundreds of Cars toy vehicles since 2006. In 2011, Mattel released a Lightning McQueen … See more