>>150987975 (OP)
Remember how the killed the IP by letting a creepy fat middle aged bitch retire Lightning McQueen so he can be replaced by "cruise ramirez" a character litterally everyone STILL hates?
Making it a passing the torch to jackson storm was simple and easy. I don't even think the yellow car character was originally a part of the script.
I think some exec got a hair up her ass and thought it would go over gang busters.