Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), a Disney family‑comedy about a lovable, sentient VW Beetle (“Herbie”) and a young woman, Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan), who wants to become a race car driver.
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Maggie Peyton graduates college and her father (Ray Peyton Sr.) takes her to a junkyard and lets her pick a car as a present. She ends up “buying” Herbie, a VW Beetle with a personality of its own.
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Herbie leads Maggie to her friend Kevin (a mechanic) and ends up tricking her into entering an impromptu race against NASCAR driver Trip Murphy, which they win narrowly. This stirs Trip’s resentment.
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Maggie’s father had forbidden her from racing because she was hurt in a past accident; there is tension between Maggie following her dreams and respecting her family’s concerns.
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Herbie becomes the target of Trip, who manipulates Maggie into a race for “pink slips” (stakes), which causes trouble; then Herbie ends up in a demolition derby. Maggie risks everything to save Herbie
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Ultimately, in a climactic NASCAR‑style race, Maggie drives Herbie, overcomes obstacles, and wins — restoring her father’s faith, gaining her own confidence.
