Cars 2 is the Pixar Cars film set around an international spy-racing competition.
Released in 2011, Cars 2 follows Lightning McQueen as he enters the World Grand Prix, a global racing event organized by the former oil baron Miles Axlerod. Mater becomes entangled in an international espionage plot after being mistaken for an American secret agent.
The story takes the characters outside Radiator Springs and places them in locations including Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London. Its mixture of racing and spy-film elements makes it structurally different from the more local, character-centered stories of Cars and Cars 3.
Cars 2 was directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. It was Pixar’s twelfth feature film and the second feature-length entry in the Cars franchise. The film’s global setting also introduced several new racers and supporting characters.