[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=393401&in_page_id=1770]The self-driving Golf that would give Herbie a run for its money
By RAY MASSEY, Daily Mail[/url]
Daily Mail wrote:It has proved one of the most endearing of cinematic legends - a loveable car with a mind of its own that can drive itself.
And for 40 years Herbie - or the 'Love Bug' - as the Volkswagen Beetle was dubbed in its first movie outing - has enthralled millions of families in a series of Hollywood sequels.
But now German car giant Volkswagen has turned fiction into reality by unveiling a fully automatic car which really can drive itself - and at speeds of up to 150mph.
It can weave with tyres screeching around tricky bends and chicanes, and through tightly coned off tracks - without any help or intervention from a human.