Carole Bennet

Carole is a character who appeared in The Love Bug. She was Jim Douglas' first love interest and was portrayed by actress Michele Lee.

Background
Jim first met Carole at a Car Dealers and was originally dating her boss Peter Thorndyke. Herbie who was sold to Jim by Carole felt they were made for each other and tried to match them up by taking them to a drive in and to a romantic point.

Through the beginning of the film she was always beside Thorndyke and was one of her pit crew members. However after she saw what he did to Herbie, she quit Throndyke to help fix Herbie.

She joined Jim and Tennessee as one of the co drivers in the El-Dorado and through the course of the film grew romantically involved with Jim and at the end she marries him.

She is last driving awat with Jim and Herbie on there way to their honeymoon.