I f the definition of sailing is standing under a shower tearing up tenners, then surely owning a classic car is standing under an inspection ramp doing likewise. Just ask Peter Foot. He has recently

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Alfasud designer Giorgetto Giugiaro was given carte blanche by Volkswagen to design the Golf, the Italian chosen because he’d studied manufacturing methods. The car entered production with minimal cha