Disney has drawn up some
adorable cartoon automobiles over the years. To see their latest though, you'll
want to take the kids to the London Motor Show this weekend.
That's where Disney will be displaying Mickey
Mouse's new ride. Called the Hot Doggin Hot Rod, it's the star of Mickey and
the Road Racers – a new cartoon show set to hit the Disney Junior and
DisneyLife channels on television.
Looking like a sort of modern take on
Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races, rendered in 3D, the show features Mickey and
company (including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto)
racing around the world, getting up to all kinds of adventures. One episode even has them chasing down a gang of thieves across London
who'd stolen the crown jewels.
Mickey's Roadster Racer
stretches nearly eight feet long and took more
than three months to complete. The life-size mockup features what looks like a
V6 up front driving a rather fat set of wheels at the back, with a pair of
Mickey ears perched atop the canopy roof, and
the number 28 in reference to the year in which everyone's favorite cartoon
mouse made his big debut in the breakout animated short Steamboat Willie nearly
90 years ago.
The London Motor Show takes place this weekend at
Battersea Evolution – the exhibition center located on the grounds of the same
London park where Formula E concluded its last season.
