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Giselle

Giselle was a female 1976 Lancia Monte Carlo (Scorpion was for the U.S. market) and Herbie's first love interest.

Herbie fell in love with the beautiful Lancia at first sight, and chased her during the Trans-France Race qualifying round. However, Giselle paid little attention to him, and her equally lovely female driver, Diane Darcy, failed the first qualifying round, although she was given another chance.

Herbie eventually caught the Lancia's attention, and they began to fall in love. When Herbie was impounded the night before the Trans-France Race, Giselle refused to move to the starting line. However, she went ahead with the race after Jim Douglas and Wheely Applegate lied to her by saying that Herbie had left her for another car.

Diane crashed Giselle into a lake during the race, but luckily, Jim and Wheely managed to save her from drowning. Diane was shocked to see Herbie pull Giselle out of the water, and decided to stay with her car to let Jim, Wheely and Herbie win.

At the end of the movie, Herbie and Giselle watched the fireworks side by side. 

Some point after Monte Carlo, she and Herbie took part in the Baja race. A race that happened in between Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas. Unfortunately, she failed to make a turn correctly, and crashed. Herbie saw all of it unfold and fell into a depression, making him unable to finish the race.

Trivia[]

  • Out of three of the original cars used for the movie, only one remains and is owned by a collector in Texas.
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