Diane Darcy

Diane Darcy is a female race driver who appears in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and in the cancelled TV series Herbie, the Love Bug. She was portrayed by actress Julie Sommars in the film and by Andrea Howard in the series.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
She's the only female race driver in the Trans-France Race and first meets Jim Douglas by accident when they bump into each other.

She owns a 1976 Lancia Scorpion which like Herbie is alive however she didn't know it at the time. When Herbie first see's her car he falls in love and Diane gets annoyed every time he gets in the way while racing. She starts accusing Jim and Wheely for trying to keep her out of the race because she's a woman driver.

As the film goes on she learns to like Jim and finally believe's her car is alive and encourages Herbie to win the race for his friends and for his loved one.

At the end she starts dating Jim and names her car "Giselle."

Herbie, the Love Bug
Diane returns in the third episode of the cancelled series. She discovers Jim is now dating another woman named Susan MacLane but it is clear she and Jim are just good friends. She's last seen racing Herbie when Susan thought it was Jim behind the wheel.