Disney+ decided to celebrate Lightning McQueen Day by getting Cars fans teased for this week’s premiere of the original series, Cars on the Road. The series will be the first major story centered around McQueen and his best friend Mater since 2017’s Cars 3. The nine-episode show will follow McQueen and Mater on a cross-country road trip east of Radiator Springs that they take in order to attend Mater’s sister’s wedding.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY In addition to the opening credits sequence, Disney+ also revealed a scene from episode 3 of the series, titled 'Salt Fever'. In the episode, Mater gets a hold of some airplane gear that will help him break the speed of sound. Understandably, Lightning McQueen gets worried about his friends’ recklessness , and tries to get him to stop after hitting 175mph. But there’s no stopping a rushing Mater.