What major award did Pixar’s Cars win as the first recipient in 2007?

Pixar’s Cars won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film in 2007.

The award was presented at the 64th Golden Globe Awards, honoring films released during 2006. Cars was the first winner in the newly established Golden Globe category for Best Animated Feature Film. Its victory placed the film among the major animated features recognized during the early expansion of awards categories devoted specifically to animation.

The film had also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but it did not win that Oscar. Happy Feet received the Academy Award that year. Keeping those results separate prevents a common mix-up: Cars won the inaugural Golden Globe animation prize, while another film won the corresponding Oscar.

Cars’ Golden Globe recognition added an important milestone to its commercial success and helped reinforce Pixar’s position as a leading feature-animation studio.