2005 New York Auto Show Coverage
The schedule listed an "international debut" for Volkswagen, ensuring wecombed through their booth of reinvigorated product. Cernter stage was aJetta GLI, with the Ragster concept not far away. We were surprised todiscover the new car is actually an old, familiar face. Herbie hasreturned for a role in an FX-laden film, timed to commemorate bothDisney and VWs' 50th anniversary, 40 years after the first Herbie filmwas released. Famous number 53 is seen competing in a wide range ofmotorsports in "Herbie Fully Loaded," including NASCAR. The car shown inNY is the special variation depicted reaching 190 mph in the movie.(Trivia: the related scenes were shot at California Speedway, the samefacility used weekly by MT for performance testing.) The film opens June24th, starring Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, and Michael Keaton.
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