If you're a fan of the movie Cars, there is no real-life car cooler than this. It's a 1951 Hudson Hornet owned by Dave Bonbright, one of the automotive historians who worked on the Cars films.

No NASCAR legends conversation is complete without the infamous Fabulous Hudson Hornet. This American motorsport icon dominated the stock car field in the early 1950s and inspired the character ...

Characters like the "Fabulous" Hudson Hornet (voiced by real-world automotive and movie icon Paul Newman) is based off of a real car -- the Hudson Hornet from the 1950s, itself a racing legend.

There's the Fabulous Hudson Hornet ... Two years ago, Doc Hudson, an animated, personified recreation of the real Hudson Hornet that won 27 times on the 1952 NASCAR tour, didn't exist.

A dozen years ago, when my son was more interested in toy cars than real ones, Disney’s Cars movie seemed to be almost on a constant loop in my house. He had the T-shirts, the pajamas, the bed ...

But that’s the thing about cars (and “Cars”), especially one like the Fabulous Hudson Hornet: They have a way of living in your memory and transporting you to not only the place you need to ...

In 2006, the Pixar movie “Cars” immortalized Hudson’s racing history with a retired racer named “Doc Hudson” (voiced by Paul Newman) that helps the film’s protagonist return to glory.

The Hornet has lived many lives. The Hornet name, that is. It was first used on the Hudson Hornet, which became one of the most famous stock car racers of the 1950s and was later immortalized in ...

Thanks to its "step-down" design that provided a lower center of gravity, the Hornet won more than 70 races from 1952 to 1954. They have since become known as the "Fabulous Hudson Hornets." ...

Hudson disappeared ... as Doc Hudson, the Hornet still enjoys a big cult following and it's becoming an increasingly more expensive classic. If you're a fan of the Fabulous Hornet, here's a ...