Which studio produced Pixar’s Cars films?

Pixar Animation Studios produced Pixar’s Cars films.

The franchise began with Cars in 2006 and continued with Cars 2 in 2011 and Cars 3 in 2017. Pixar developed the films as computer-animated features, while Walt Disney Studios handled their distribution under the Walt Disney Pictures label.

Cars was created during Pixar’s early partnership with Disney and later became part of the broader Disney-Pixar library after Disney acquired Pixar in 2006. The franchise expanded beyond theatrical films into short films, television projects, toys, video games, and theme-park attractions.

A frequent error is naming Disney as the animation studio. Disney distributed the films and owns Pixar, but Pixar Animation Studios is the production studio credited with making them. DreamWorks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, and Sony Pictures Animation are separate companies with different film libraries.