Herbie Lives!

Herbie is a fictional Volkswagen Beetle, and the star of a number of great Disney films, starting with 1969's "The Love Bug." This car with a mind of its own can drive itself, and is a big contender in a number of races. Most of the time, Herbie is shown as a grayish-white Beetle with red, white and blue stripes running from the front bumper to the back, and has a large number "53" on his engine lid, hood and doors. The exception to this is when he first shows up in The Love Bug. Then, Herbie is a non-descript grayish-white Beetle with a gray sunroof. The sunroof suggests that Herbie is a 1963 model. In the movie, Herbie is named after the uncle of a mechanic. Read more