Herbie is an Autobot.
Come on, we had to get that out there. If they ever make another movie...
Herbie will have a new, vehicular nemesis:- A Trabant (either seen as a Chummy Commie Worthy Opponent, Dirty Commie Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain, but deffinitely as a Woobie, given the poor reputation of Trabants).
- A KdF-Wagen
- A rebuilt Horace
Horace the Hate Bug is possessed by Hitler
He's a VW Beetle, has Hate in his name, and, souls exist in the Love Bug Verse