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Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown

Plus: Some advice for Glencore; and a parlour game while waiting for the red chancellor

3 October 2015

9:00 AM

3 October 2015

9:00 AM

Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco with the lines of a paper dart and the cornering of a cheetah. I once drove it overnight from the City to Tuscany with a blind date who barely uttered a word, en route or afterwards.

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