The heroic Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own travels to South America to compete in a rally. Separated from his latest owners, he teams up with a young pickpocket to run a taxi service, and together they uncover a smuggling ring. The fourth part of the Disney adventure series, starring Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith and Joaquin Garay.
Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.
