What is the title of Pixar’s 2006 Cars short about a glowing ghostlight?

Pixar’s 2006 Cars short about a glowing ghostlight is titled Mater and the Ghostlight.

The short was produced as an additional Cars story and included with home-video releases of the feature. It follows Mater after the residents of Radiator Springs tell him a spooky story about the Ghostlight, a mysterious blue light said to haunt the town’s roads.

Mater becomes frightened when the supposed supernatural presence appears. The story uses a classic campfire-style ghost tale while keeping the series’ setting and comic tone. The short also reflects the community relationships established in the feature film, with the residents joining in the prank.

Mater and the Ghostlight is often confused with the later Mater’s Tall Tales shorts, which form a separate series of exaggerated stories narrated by Mater. Other Cars-related shorts include Mike’s New Car, a short connected to Monsters, Inc., and the episodes collected under Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales.