Which Pixar Cars sequel was released in 2011?

Cars 2 was the Pixar Cars sequel released in 2011.

Cars 2 opened in theaters in June 2011 and was directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. It moves the characters away from the small-town setting of the first film and places them in an international racing and espionage adventure.

Lightning McQueen competes in the World Grand Prix, while Mater becomes involved in an intelligence operation after being mistaken for a secret agent. The story visits locations including Tokyo, Porto Corsa, and London, giving the film a much broader geographic scope than the original.

Cars 2 was Pixar’s twelfth feature film and its first sequel not to be a direct continuation of a previous film’s central setting. Cars 3 later returned to a more focused racing story when it was released in 2017.