Pixar’s Cars on the Road released nine episodes in its first season.
The Disney+ animated series premiered on September 8, 2022, with Lightning McQueen and Mater traveling across the United States to attend Mater’s sister’s wedding. Each episode presents a different adventure, genre, or setting while continuing the friendship between the two characters.
The nine-episode count is easy to confuse with the number of films in the broader Cars franchise or with the number of locations visited during the journey. Cars on the Road is a television series rather than a feature film, and its episodes vary in length and style.
The series was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and features Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen and Larry the Cable Guy as Mater. It expands the world beyond Radiator Springs while retaining characters and ideas from the theatrical films.