Cars 3 reviews are starting to come out, and it is getting high marks so far.
""Cars 3" is a friendly, rollicking movie made with warmth and dash, and to the extent that it taps our primal affection for this series, it more than gets the job done...the upshot is that this year's Pixar film is a finely executed product rather than an inspiring work of animated artistry." - Owen Gleiberman
The film is scheduled to be released on June 16, 2017.
We'll see what else they got going on with reviews, but you are right. Majority are high marks so far. Many saying they should just forget about Cars 2 and just jump straight from Cars 1 to Cars 3. Pretend 2 never happened.