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The new Honda Odyssey has been transformed for the Disney D23 Expo.

The first trailer for Cars 3 has been released.

The kids’ summer vacation is right around the corner, so it’s the perfect time for Disneyland to finally open the gates to its newest attraction, Cars Land. Based on the popular Cars movie franchise, Cars Land is set to open June 15.

Back in March, Disney released a teaser video of its upcoming Cars Land attraction which quickly got our interest given how great the Cars movie franchise (or at least just the first movie) has been.

Disney’s Pixar has a magical way of not only touching the hearts of children, but also the hearts of adults through their movies. The movie Cars and its sequel Cars 2 are of course our favorites, and Disney California Adventure is adding a Cars-themed ride to their amusement park.

The attraction Cars Land will open to the public on June 15th, but the team at the amusement park is hard at work testing the Radiator Springs Racers seven days a week, mostly at night. But Disney decided to release a sneak preview of what we can expect when the ride goes live, and it appears they’ve done a fantastic job bringing Radiator Springs to life.

Clearly this will be one of their most heavily anticipated openings for both children and adults, considering how successful the Cars franchise has become over the years.

Watch the test run through Cars Land after the break.

[Source: Disney Blog]

The latest attraction at Walt Disney World isn’t based on a cartoon character, nor is it made of animatronics. It will, however, bring out the kid in you – in an adult sort of way. And the best part? It’s shiny, Italian and can go 200 mph.

OK, so you don’t actually go 200 mph, but piloting an exotic sports car on a race track will easily have you testing the car’s capabilities – not to mention your own.

Designed as the ultimate attraction for adults at Disney, the Exotic Driving Experience can get you behind the wheel of a pricey German or Italian sports car starting at as little as just $199. The “ride” is an addition to the long-standing Richard Petty Driving Experience, and is held at the Walt Disney World Speedway – though only makes partial use of the banked tri-oval. Using one of those banked bends, the rest of the course makes use of a large-scale, though rather technical, slalom running through the track’s infield.

The brainchild of Disney and Spin Master, AppMATes feature your favorite Disney-Pixar Cars 2 characters. Available in packs of two, these toy cars come equipped with sensors on its base that identifies them to the iPad. To start these toy’s engines, just download the free app and put the cars on the iPad screen. You child is taken to Radiator Springs, where they can explore, race, and perform secret missions as they move their car around.

A pack of two Disney-Pixar Cars 2 AppMATes costs $19.99 and will be on store shelves starting in October (you’ll find them at Apple stores and other major retailers). The toys themselves may be inexpensive, but you’ll have to shell out cash for the iPad. To see how AppMATes works, watch the video after the jump.

[Source: Consumer Reports]

Audi just got a lot more popular with women, because it’s just been announced that Hugh Jackman is the automaker’s newest Brand Ambassador.

Joining other famous faces, such as Justin Timberlake and Naomi Watts, the announcement was made at Jackman’s Australian premiere of Disney’s Real Steel. And the Aussie actor started the new partnership off in style, arriving at the event in an Audi R8 Spyder supercar.

Audi started its ambassador program in 1997 in an effort to put a face to the luxury brand by teaming up with well-known celebrities. For his part, the Wolverine star will be pimping Audi out when he attends social and promotional events. For all you women out there, it means that the handsome actor could be making an appearance at an auto show near you… but you can tell your husband the reason you want to go to the car show is to spend more quality time with him.

Watch video from the Real Steel premiere after the jump:

The countdown is on for the premiere of Cars 2 (in theaters June 24) and to get you all revved up, you can see two of the main character races… in real life!

Another day, another themed product push from Disney. With the release of Cars 2 just around the corner (June 24), Disney is pumping out the licensed products just as fast as we can buy them up. And today, it’s a cool set of earbuds we wouldn’t mind getting our hands on.

Thanks to Kate and William’s recent wedding, the royals have never been hotter. They seem to be popping up everywhere – including the new Cars 2 movie.

With Cars 2 hitting theatres June 24, Disney has announced the latest racer to get his own character in the highly anticipate sequel – Lewis Hamilton.

It’s almost time for Disney’s Cars 2 to hit theaters, and to get you revved up for the action, the house of mouse has released a brand new trailer (which you can watch after the jump) and a bunch of stills.

Not to give away any spoilers from the movie, we do have some additional deails for the sequel. The group of friends from Radiator Springs lives the small-town life behind as they go to race in the World Grand Prix. Along the way, they get getting caught up in an international espionage ring, and it’s up to Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) to save the day.

Are you going to see the movie this summer?

Moms, listen up – this one’s all about you. To promote their new movie, Mars Needs Moms, Disney wants you to win an all-new Nissan Quest.

With any Disney movie comes an onslaught of merchandise to go along with the release, and the upcoming Cars 2 film is no exception.

Of course, the main character, Lightning McQueen, voiced by Owen Wilson, is front and center in this new push of toys. We’re not sure if your kids will be amazed or freaked out by the 1:55 scale car that talks, wobbles and shakes. What’s different about this toy is that its mouth actually moves when it talks, while his eyes move side to side. Just pat him on the head and he’ll always have something witty to say.

This toy also drives itself. He can go around in circles, backward and forward, all while chatting away. We’re not sure if this is pretty cool or gives us Christine-esque heebie jeebies. We may need an office full of people around before we play with this car. You can watch him in action after the jump. And let us know – does it give you the creeps or are we just wusses?

[Source: Gizmodo]