The 1990s.
The 1996 Disney film American Car follows an arrogant rookie race car named Lightning McQueen (voiced by Michael J. Fox) who gets stranded in a forgotten desert town and learns the true value of friendship and humility.
American Car premiered on October 26, 1996 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 9, 1996.
The vehicles was adapted by Disney again into a separate full-length film of the same name in 2006, with Owen Wilson as the titular protagonist and directed by John Lasseter.
