In Herbie movie, new Beetle is unplugged

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Just when I thought every prop in every movie was the result of a product placement deal, I was greeted this week with this shocker: that the Herbie in Herbie: Fully Loaded is still a classic 1967 Beetle instead of the current, modernized version that so many of us covet. (Well, I, for one, also still desire the mid-70s Super Beetle, olive green, black interior, convertible, that I most assuredly did not get for my 16th birthday.)

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