On January 9, 2017, a Cars 3 extended look (right) premiered on ESPN and online. The trailer contains all footage from the first teaser trailer, with an additional fifty seconds of film footage.
Starting on December 31, 2016, American sports channels began airing fifteen-second commercials that advertise a brand-new exclusive look at Cars 3, which will be aired at 8:00 PM EST on January 9, 2017 during the college football playoff national championship on ESPN.
On May 30, 2016, Brian Fee confirmed he is the director of Cars 3, along with revealing further plot details and two new characters, Cruz Ramirez and Jackson Storm.
On May 10, 2016, Disney officially confirmed that they will end the Disney Infinity series after the releases of the Alice Through the Looking Glass and Finding Dory figures.
On May 6, 2016, Amazon Mexico revealed the Nemo figure for Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition, along with the Finding Nemo sky and terrain Power Discs from the first game included in the packaging.