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Dependable or exotica?
Two visitors this month. One, the latest iteration of the VW Polo, now in its fifth generation and with ten million Polo ancestors. The other, a...
Spectator, The, 11/07/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Spies and counter-spies
THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM : THE AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF MI5 by Christopher Andrew Allen Lane, ã30, pp. 1032, ISBN...
Spectator, The, 10/10/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Ride with the devil
If Milton had owned a Land Rover he'd never have vanquished Satan and his fallen angels to nether regions of rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens...
Spectator, The, 10/03/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
On the driving range
The Golf GTI was unveiled in Frankfurt 34 years ago this month. If the ordinary Golf saved VW - ailing because Beetle sales were in long-term...
Spectator, The, 09/05/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Hooked on classics
Our monsoon season brings not only cricket delays but also a flowering of local classic-car shows. Testimony to nostalgic enthusiasm, they prompt...
Spectator, The, 08/08/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Age concerns
Driving means manipulating a dangerous piece of machinery at speeds beyond anything for which evolution has prepared you, reacting to a multitude...
Spectator, The, 07/11/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Out of control
The elderly lady in the little Skoda reversed cautiously in the supermarket car park, then sharply accelerated into the car behind. Next she...
Spectator, The, 06/06/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
At sixes and fives
INSIDE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE : 100 YEARS OF MI5 AND MI6 by Gordon Thomas JR Books, ÃÂã20, pp. 430, ISBN 9781906779108 ...
Spectator, The, 05/16/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Reasons to be cheerful
I'm no sharpshooter but molehills aren't mountains, and at 100 yards over open sights, when you're standing unsupported, a slither of white plastic...
Spectator, The, 05/02/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication -
Getting it right
I tested the old Freelander when it first came out, taking it up the M6 into the Shropshire hills and returning with backache. That apart, I...
Spectator, The, 04/04/09 by Judd, Alan · More from publication
