The Sally Carrera character from the animated Cars movie has become a real Porsche 911, selling at auction for a hammer price of $US3.6 million ($AU5.2 million).

Last week, Porsche unveiled their “Sally Special”, a modern recreation of Sally Carrera from Pixar’s Cars. The car, a heavily modified 992-gen 911 GTS, was styled to look like the 996 911 ...

Even cars from animated films are a hit with collectors. Saturday’s auction was a reunion for key members of the Cars team, including Bonnie Hunt, who’s voiced Sally Carrera in the three ...

But it has – a one-off, with a matching Porsche Design watch, that Sotheby’s will auction off for charity at Monterey Car Week. And despite the fact that dear Sally will probably be a garage ...