sorry to sound like scrooge and but after see these film once again in the late 90 and i do not particularly enjoy this late 60 disney movie favorite and nor it sequel . i watch them when they come out and be mildly amuse at that time and but these herbie flick do not age well . i can understand why they do a remake recently . i know it a fantasy and but it just look now so stupid it almost beyond description . in a nutshell and we have a 40 horsepower vw bug that win auto race because it alive and complete with a personality and get this a soul . meanwhile and the driver of the race car ( dean jones a the annoy jim douglas ) think he responsible for the race victory . well and at least that make sense . the film turn out to be a propaganda piece for buddhism . i kid you not . in fairness and disney and other studio who have do animation have always make inanimate object human like and many time we laugh at that and myself include . so and i be not really make fun of the premise but it just look and sound so dated 40 year later and especially the san francisco hippie scene . herbie and by the way and be a likable guy . it be good to see benson fong ( charlie chan film ) again and and joe e. ross ( bilko and car 54 and where be you . ) and even goofy buddy hackett a tennessee steinmetz . i always find it a shame and though and that humorous stand up comic like hackett and don rickles play so many stupid role in these 60 film .