For the past few years, we’ve been mega fans of the Disney-Pixar Cars franchise. It started when my son saw the first movie when we was tiny and he was so smitten with things that go and the fact that the films gave backstories and personalities to humanize cars, trucks, and other vehicles.
After seeing Disney-Pixar’s Cars for the first time, he began to collect the Cars diecast cars with any money he was given. We now have hundreds {I wish that was an exaggeration} of those diecast Cars and toys, all cataloged and stored in special display cases in my son’s room when they aren’t being played with. But, they are constantly being played with so they don’t sit displayed for long. I told you, they are mega Cars fans. 
And, I’m a huge fan because even though my girls refuse to play with other types of cars with their brother, Cars diecasts have human characteristics, which means my girls enjoy them, too. In the years since he has been collecting his Cars, they have bonded while designing huge Cars worlds that the kids work on for hours and painstakingly set up. 
It’s this reason that Cars movies have been one of the few we have watched over and over throughout the years. I love that they are something that really speaks to my son, while still being fun for the girls an for us parents to watch, which we all know can be tough to find.
It’s really no surprise that we were all excited to see the new Cars 3 movie in theaters this summer, and it was all my son talked about for days leading up to the release. He was pretty devastated when he found out that we were booked solid the two weeks after the movie came out and we were going to have to wait to go see it.
So, when a package arrived from Autotrader arrived that included a gift card to see the movie, some snacks to enjoy, diecast Cars toys to play with, and a super cool Cars 3 picnic blanket, you can bet we were excited. 
Autotrader is collaborating with Disney-Pixar to promote Cars 3 this summer, which to me seems like a natural fit. Says Jessica Stafford, vice president of marketing at Autotrader, “Much like the Cars franchise, Autotrader shares a personal connection with people of all ages and at all life stages, and we feel this is reflected in the playful content we developed with the Disney and Pixar teams to further drive excitement for our brand and the upcoming premiere of Cars 3.”
We finally saw the movie last week, and we all loved it so much. To celebrate the new film, we went and had a Cars 3 picnic before our showing and lounged on our brand new Cars 3 picnic blanket. 
In the movie, Lightning McQueen is blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers and is suddenly being pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician, Cruz Ramirez, plus inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns. Proving that No. 95 isn’t through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage. Throughout the movie Lightning struggles to find his value, to find where he is meant to be, and inspiration that is needed to make it where he wants to go.
Want even more Cars 3 fun? If you haven’t already seen it, you should definitely check out this adorable video put out by Autotrader. In the spirit of the film and centered around Autotrader’s personalized search functionality, the 30-second Autotrader television spot features the well-known cast of characters from Disney-Pixar’s Cars 3 showcasing their distinctive personalities. Autotrader rallies viewers to find the car that best fits their lifestyle. The spot concludes with the tagline – “Every car has a personality. Find the one that fits yours at Autotrader.”
As the industry’s most influential listing site, Autotrader is making it easier than ever for consumers to find the right car and the right deal. Whether shopping for a lightning-fast sports car or a reliable truck with a tow package, Autotrader is there to help consumers research and locate their next vehicle. Plus, with the brand’s easy and convenient Save Car tool, Autotrader keeps an eye on a car that a shopper has saved and will send email or text alerts with important details like if the price has dropped, if there are new incentives offered like cash back rebates, providing immediate notification if the deal has gotten even better.
Autotrader is the most visited third-party car shopping site, with the most engaged audience of in-market shoppers. As the foremost authority on automotive consumer insights and expert in online and mobile marketing, Autotrader makes the car shopping experience easy and fun for today’s empowered consumer looking to find or sell the perfect new, used or certified pre-owned car. Using technology, shopper insights and local market guidance, Autotrader’s comprehensive marketing solutions guide dealers to personalized digital marketing strategies that grow brand, drive traffic and connect the online and in-store shopping experience. 
For more information about Autotrader and the Cars 3 promotion, visit Autotrader.com.
Of course we are big fans of the Cars movies,especially my grandsons. They love things that go fast and with all the cars being animated it doesn’t get any cooler. We haven’t seen Cars 3 yet but they are excited to see it.
My son has collected a lot of the Disney Cars toys over the years.
We’re big fans of the Cars movies! My grandsons have watched them over and over again. They also have a few die cast cars that they love to roll around on the floor.
My son just asked me to get his cars out of the attic this past weekend and was delighted to find his McQueen car among others! He’s excited for this movie!
My son loves Cars and one of his favorite toys has been a remote control Lightning McQueen!
WE love Cars in our home! This would be great for my kids. They have so many Cars diecasts!
My son loves Disney Cars. We collect the Disney car movies and toys. My son would love this Disney Cars package. Can’t wait to see the movie.
My nephew loves Disney Cars. He has all the movies and wears CARS pajamas to bed!
I don’t have one.
We are huge Cars movie fans, since I have a 7 yr old son, and he has been watching them his whole life!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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My chihuahua’s daddy is named Mater because of cars.
I remember taking my kids to see the first Cars movie. My son loved it.
I’m such a softy, my eyes started leaking in the first movie, laughed hard in the second and am looking forward to the third movie.
My grandson loves Cars. Mater is his favorite from the movies.
My son’s first movie that he watched in a theater was the original Cars movie, so we have very found memories of this movie!
My kids collect and like to create their own Lightning McQueen, Mater and Doc Hudson.
My daughter loves cars!!
I saw Cars for the first time with my friends from college because we are just big kids at heart! I’m looking forward to actually watching it with my daughter!
Our favorite was the first Cars movie!
We have the previous Cars movies on DVD and watch them pretty regularly. We’ve nicknamed our family car Lexi and talk to it all the time. We don’t know it’s personality yet. It’s been pretty reliable so far.
I remember getting my nephew a Cars truck for his birthday. His face lit up when he opened his present!
We are big fans of the Cars movies. We have a nice collection of Cars diecast guys.
huge Cars movie fan
My boys have been fans since the 1st movie, we’ve seen everyone of the films in theaters!
my grandsons fave movie!!
I love the first Cars movie – Doc Hudson & Sally are my favorites
Gotta love Cruz Ramirez – you go girl!! 🙂
Were mega fans of Cars, even my daughter. I never liked “animated” movies for kids but one day watched the first cars with my son and fell in love . Mater cracks me up
We have been looking forward to this movie! Love the others and watched them so many times!
We are at the perfect age to watch Cars for the first time!
My grandson was a toddler when the first Cars movie was released on DVD. We watched it with him and the next day the song Life is a Highway came on the radio in the car and I suddenly heard him singing along with it. It’s a great memory that I often tell him about today.
My Grandson is a Cars fanatic, he loves everything about it!
We have a few Cars toys and have the original movie on DVD. It’s a good movie.
I wasn’t a fan of the second movie though. Thanks.
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I love cars s much the sunshade on my car has eyes LOL
We can’t wait to see the new cars movie! We loved the first one! The second one was ok, but I have heard this new one is great!
We saw Disney’s Cars on a rainy day when we were visiting Walt Disney World. My son loved it. Afterward we were able to go to Disney Studios and see Lightening McQueen and Mater. My son was beyond thrilled.
I enjoy watching the Cars movies with my nieces and nephew.
Cars 2 was the first movie I ever took my son to! I am not one to take little ones to the theater so I waited until he was a bit older but he LOVED it!
Cars is such a fun movie for kids and adults.
We are fans of the movie. Excited to see the new one.
My niece and nephew love these movies! What a fun giveaway!
My son watches the Cars movies often
My nieces and nephews love cars. They get so excited to watch with their snacks surrounding the television
My nephew is all about Cars. He loves them a lot. I would love to give him this prize pack, he’ll be super excited!
My family and I enjoy all of the Cars movies.
My little cousin just recently saw Cars 3, and he loved it.
We loved the first Cars movie and Mater.
Cars was a favorite movie of my sons growing up
My son loves Cars! We must have over 200 die cast cars!
My daughter has always been a fan of cars, now we are slowly getting my niece into them.
My son used to pretend to be lightning McQueen until he was 6 years old. He’s so excited to see the newest installment.
We love all of the cars movies!!!! I went to sell my sons “cars, cars” when he started getting older… but my daughter decided that they are now hers!!!!! It is an easy way to get big brother to play with her too! 🙂
My grand kids love the cars movies. Lightning McQueen is epic in our family.
Thank you for the giveaway. My daughter and I went to visit my family in Oregon, last month. We went to the theater to watch Cars 3 the day before we left to come home. It was such a fun experience! We watched the movie in 3D! I have never experienced a 3D movie in the theater until visiting my family. It was my sister’s treat, and we really enjoyed it.
My Son is 6yrs old, ans Cars will go down as the most watched movie ever by my Son, which also means by me as well !
My nephew loves Disney Cars,we collect the Disney car movies and toy.
We have seen the first two. We liked the first one the best, but the second one seemed to be pushing political correctness. So, we weren’t too keen on the second one.
I do not have a special story other than my son loves Cars.
My son loves lightening McQueen he even have the little kids couch
My niece loves Cars and was the one who introduced me to it!
The kids love the movie. They excited to see the latest one
I like the Cars movies.
All 3 of my kids love the Cars movies. We’ve seen then over and over, they never get old.
Well, let’s just say one is never too old to watch Cars…even when the kids are grown.
Disney Cars Movie was one of the first movies I took my granddaughter to see.
my nephew is a huge fan of Cars
The first movie my son saw in a theater was Cars.
My nephew would get a kick out of this movie.
Thanks for the contest.
My toddler loves Cars but he’s too young to take to the cinema. We are excited to see it when it comes out on DVD or Netflix.
I enjoyed watching these movies with my grandkids (and even when they were not here!). My favorite was the first movie.
we saw this movie at the drive in, cars was one of the first movies my boys watched with their daddy as a special father son movie.
We love CARS! Its a fun series and I finally saw the third installment with the family this weekend. It went a different way than I expected; it was great.
We had the Cars movies saved to the DVR and my son would watch them daily.
My Disney Pixar Cars story is my 3 year old son loves Cars.I took him the movie theater to see Cars 3 when it first came out, he loved it and the first movie he actually watch from beginning to end. We now have to watch Cars and Cars 2 non-stop.
My kids like all of the Cars movies!
I took my grandson to see the Car movie. It is our special thing we do with just hima nd I.
My Granddaughter love Cars, her favorite character is Lightning McQueen.
I recently watched the first cars movie with my daughter and actually enjoyed it.
My hubby and I both loves Cars movies and even did a meet and greet at Walt Disney World with the characters.
Can’t say that we have any specific Cars stories, except that my grandson likes the movies.
My son loves old cars. Even though he’s a teenager, he still loves everything related to cars, especially Cars 3. The fact that each one of those cars were modeled after a famous racer, is pretty cool.
My nephews love the Cars movies, and I have to admit to enjoying them too. I guess I’m still a kid at heart. Thank you for the fun giveaway.
I don’t really have a specific story. I know my niece and nephew would be thrilled if I won, and me too! I love all things Pixar.
We have had a lot of fun laughing about the cow tipping in Cars. 🙂
My family and I love the movies because of the funny cast! 🙂
i have loved cars since i first saw it. such a fun movie series.
My nephews love the cars movies. When they’re in visiting their grandparents, they got to see Cars 3 at the local drive-in. they love being able to spread out a blanket, enjoy pizza and movie food while watching the movie under the night sky.
My nephews have loved all the Cars movies and it is a tradition we go together as a fun aunt/nephew activity. I would love to share this prize with them!
The first time my oldest daughter watched Cars she was amazed and loved it, now my youngest is just as amazed with cars as my oldest daughter was/is. I love the Cars movies too and we love watching them together.
I saw the original Cars on a date back in high school.
Both of my girls love Cars! They have asked to watch it many times, though we haven’t seen Cars 3 yet.
We can’t go on a road trip without watching Cars – and it’s not the kids requesting it, it’s my husband. We decorated the house with Cars decor for his birthday and took him to see Cars 3. It was the perfect party for a 10-year-old boy – and apparently for the 42-year-old man I’m married to. He loved it, and the movie made us think of him. 🙂
My grandson loves Cars. he fell in love with the movie. Then he started naming all his toy cars
I went through Second City with the voice of Sally Carerra!
My whole family likes the Cars movies. We also like the shorts on netflix.
my nephew loves the movies
I saw Cars on the day before I went into labor. When they told me to think of something soothing and relaxing, thinking about the movie helped me to completely relax and just smile.
I’ve watched the first two car movies, and loved them both and I can’t wait to see the third one. All of the characters are awesome but my favorite it Mater.
My kids love all the cars movies. We have seen them so many times I can’t count them all.
My son is a huge fan of the Cars movies, he loves building a car track set that he uses for his lightening McQueen car.
My sons love Disney cars! My youngest used to tap on cars that looked like cars from the movie to see if they would “wake Up”.
Just love CARS. When first came out my nephew loves the movie and I got him all kinds of CARS stuff for Christmas
We have Cars ans Cars 2. My son loves them both, we havw Cars toys also.
Who doesn’t love Disney Pixar Cars movies?!
My son just turned 4 and has been Cars obsessed since he saw the original! He has a small collection of cars and he loves watching YouTube videos with lightning and mater!
My grandkids loves cars and crash them on a daily bases
WE ALL LOVE CARS! IT’S A GREAT SERIES WITH AWESOME MESSAGES.
My sons first favorite movie was Cars! He absolutely loves the movies, he has bedding and everything in Lightning McQueen!
My Disney Pixar Cars story is that we love Lightning McQueen. my daughter has a little car and pretends shes Lightning McQueen. The first Cars movie was our favorite
I enjoy watching Cars with my girls. Always fun to watch!
I took my kids to see Cars 3 at the drive-in this summer.
My kids love Cars! It is one thing we can all agree on and we have the character merchandise throughout the house.
My grandson and I had movie day and lunch with Nana planned to see this movie.
My kids love Cars! Especially my 5 year old Brandon. He would love this.
My daughter is the Cars fan in this house! She’s got the DVDs and we went to watch the new movie at the drive in a few weeks ago!
we love the first cars movie and my son loves to say K’chow!!!
My nephew absolutely loves Disney’s Cars and Mater Tales. I loved the first movie and have not seen the latest one yet.
I don’t have a Cars story but I know my grandson likes them.
We saw the first cars movie at a drive in movie theater.
I love the Cars movies. My family goes to the movie theater every time one of the movies comes out.
My kiddos love Cars, ever since the first one came out!
We have all the Cars movies and enjoy movie nights when we watch them again.
My three year old nephew is all about the Cars movies! We have to watch them over and over!
We love the cars movies. My little ones room is decorated in cars. Their favorite is lighting McQueen and mac
I love all the Cars movies.. they are super fun and family friendly.
I personally just saw cars for first time but my grandson loves the movie.
I have always loved the Cars francise of movies this would be so awesome to have
My kids love all of the Cars movies.
We was cleaning my son’s room and we found mator he loves cars