Bug's Life and Cars

Cars is kind of a new take on Doc Hollywood. How do you create a character that's a believable entity and still recognizably a car? John Lasseter, the man who had been fired from Disney because he had been too enthusiastic about computer animation, was going to become the chief creative officer of that animation department. Pixar employee and story artist Joe Raft would be named a Disney legend - an actual designation within Disney.