Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Hunting the Love Bug, the auction of Herbie's VW Beetle


London -Herbie own name stuck beginning in 1968 when the film aired Love Bug. In 1974 Herbie Rides Again again confirmed the popularity of this car for later followed by a film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Herbie Goes Bananas 1977 da in 1980.

In 1997, The Love Bug was made into a TV series before finally Herbie: Fully Loaded nostagia complete the lover in 2005.

Hearing the words of Herbie can not be denied that the shadow of a VW Beetle with racing number 53 certainly comes to mind. Now, VW Beetle who played Herbie will soon be auctioned.

From the looks, this car is seen as a regular car. Just a white VW Beetle with a red-blue stripe decorated with figures 53. But it is also a legendary look.

Reported by the Daily Mail, the car will be auctioned this car is one of the seven cars VW Beetle Herbie movie playing on.

But because this is a car legend, it is no wonder when it reaches 96,000 pounds or approximately USD 1.46 billion. A figure that is quite expensive for a VW Beetle.

The owner, Alex Micakovski a fan of the movie Herbie. Initially he wanted to make a replica of his idol's car, but in the end he just got a VW Beetle was the star of the film is a collector of five years ago.

As a Herbie, car output in 1960 has several features such as lights that can blink and hydraulic hood.