Cars was Pixar's seventh feature film. Which Pixar film was its immediate predecessor?

The Incredibles was Pixar's immediate feature-film predecessor to Cars.

Pixar released The Incredibles in 2004 and Cars in 2006. The Incredibles was Pixar's sixth feature, while Cars became the studio's seventh. The two films differ sharply in setting: one follows a family of superheroes, and the other follows living automobiles in a fictional American town.

Brad Bird directed The Incredibles, whereas John Lasseter led Cars. Their production histories also overlap with Pixar's wider expansion during the early 2000s, when the studio released a new feature roughly every one or two years.

Finding Nemo came before The Incredibles, in 2003, so it is a frequent nearby answer but not the immediate predecessor. Ratatouille followed Cars in 2007, and Monsters, Inc. was released in 2001. These release-order distinctions make The Incredibles the single correct answer.