It's one of Pixar's most popular franchises - only Toy Story comes close in terms of the merchandise it spawned - but how much do you really know about Pixar's Cars (and its sequel, Cars 2)? With a third movie now in the pipeline, here are five cool facts about Lightning McQueen and his anthropomorphic automobile allies:

• Several Cars characters (including Sally and, in Cars 2, Giuseppe) are named after characters from Isaac Asimov's Sally, a short story about - guess what? - sentient cars. Asimov, of course, is best known for writing I, Robot and coming up with The Three Laws of Robotics.

• Luigi, the Italian car who runs the tyre shop, has the following number plate: 445-108. These are the exact co-ordinates for Ferrari's factory in Modena (Luigi states in the first film that he is a big Ferrari fan).

• Doc Hudson was voiced by Paul Newman in one of his very last roles. In addition to his considerable acting talents and his non-profit salad dressings, Newman was a keen motorsport enthusiast and, at one point, a professional racer himself. Clearly, he was the perfect choice for the role!

• A British writer named Jake Mandeville-Anthony tried to sue Disney, claiming that they stole his idea for Cars. According to Mandeville-Anthony, he had written a screenplay called Cars in the late eighties and sent it to numerous companies (including Disney), complete with character sketches and plans for the merchandise. The lawsuit was dismissed after a judge decided that the two works didn't really bear any relation to one another.

Bongzilla has been the source of much excitement here at Gadget HQ this week. Not only is one of our most popular products back in stock, but our next office party is now set to be even wilder than the last one!

Cover the following points:

• Up to six people can drink at once
• Bungs can stop up the holes if less than six are drinking
• Adjustable pole
• Funnel holds more than 4 litres of beer (can hold an entire 12 pack)
• Self-assembly (but it's easy to do!)
• Portable (adjust the pole or disassemble for easy transportation)

As you may have noticed, we're having a bit of a beer bong blitz here on Gadget Inspector right now. Spring is in the air and we're relishing the imminent arrival of Drinking Season - those golden few months when the weather is fine and the drinks taste great!

To celebrate our burgeoning alcoholism the arrival of this season's beer bong haul, we're running a great deal this week on some of our best bong products. Three of our favourite beer bongs have been reduced to just £9.99 - there's never been a better time to grab a funnel and get chugging!

Offer ends Friday 28/03/14.

We got a huge shipment of new stock in yesterday, mostly consisting of beer bongs, drinking accessories, and party stuff. We were thrilled, as we always are when this sort of thing turns up on our doorstep, but the one thing that has us really excited is the arrival of a certain six-man beer bong.

That's right, folks, Bongzilla is back! This leviathan among beer bongs - the glimmering jewel in the crown of our Party/Drinking section - is a bit of a favourite here at the GI office, and not just because it was one of our best-selling items last time around. You probably won't be surprised to learn that us gadgeteers enjoy the occasional drink every now and then, but Bongzilla is the one drinking product that puts us to shame - the 6 Man Beer Bong Challenge is a surprisingly tough one to conquer!

If you fancy tackling Bongzilla with your pals next Friday night, here's what you have to do:

• Buy a Bongzilla beer bong from the Gadget Inspector website
• Grab five friends who like the odd drink
• Fill Bongzilla's funnel up with your favourite lager, grab a tube each, and get chugging!

If the six of you manage to deplete Bongzilla's beer reservoir without gagging or falling over, then congratulations - you are made of stronger stuff than we are!

Tomorrow is the first day of spring, which means that we'll soon be swapping our gloves and scarves for sunglasses and boardshorts. Summer is on its way, everybody!

And, with the evenings getting lighter every day, it's the perfect time to get your hands on a beer bong and celebrate the turning of the seasons with a drink or three. No matter where you are - at a house party, out on the town, or just hanging out in the garden with a few of your buddies - a beer bong is always a great way to kick the party off.

And you'll be amazed by the sheer variety of beer bongs available. We've got red bongs, green bongs, dual bongs, long bongs, and - back in stock this week - the mighty Bongzilla, a 6-man beer behemoth that will push you and your drinking abilities to the very limit!

If you're looking for beer bongs, Gadget Inspector has got you covered this summer. You can even build your own!