Susie, the Little Blue Coupe (film) Special cartoon; released on June 6, 1952. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Susie, in an auto showroom, is bought by a man who takes good care of her but as time passes she grows older and her owner trades her in. She has a succession of unfortunate owners who mistreat her, and just as she is about to be abandoned in a junkyard, an eager young man buys her, tinkers with her, and soon has her running again.