The big test

摘要

The new Ford Focus is quieter and more comfortable than the old one, but has it lost any fun in the process? Andrew Frankel took along its two toughest rivals to find out. There is a good reason why law courts will not admit evidence of prior convictions until a verdict has been reached. However informative this history might be, however illuminating, instructive and helpful it might seem, so too can it colour a judgement and prevent a jury from reaching a verdict based on the facts of that particular case, and those alone.