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Maggie Peyton (Lindsay
Lohan) is the 18-year-old daughter of Ray Peyton Sr. (Michael Keaton), a
once-successful stock car driver whose career is not what it once was. Maggie
loves racing and is in line for a job covering NASCAR for ESPN, but in her heart
she'd rather be behind the wheel, even though her father strictly forbids this.
For Maggie's birthday, Ray takes her out looking for a used car, and she finds
herself strangely drawn to a wrecked 1963 Volkswagen in a salvage yard. Against
Ray's better judgment, Maggie gets the car, and a note in the glove box tells
her the rust bucket is named "Herbie," and he can help her solve her problems.
To her surprise, the message turns out to be true -- with a little TLC, Herbie
is running like new, and after showing his stuff in a street race, Maggie
persuades her naysayer dad to take her and her VW on as part of his racing team.
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