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Polly
Polly is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. She is based on the Jaguar X-Type police car.
The fastest car around, even if she smokes a bit these days.
“Nee-naw! Still got it!”
Character card
- Best at
- Speed: nothing around can catch her
- Quirk
- Getting old after a hard life. She has had so many new parts that there is hardly any of the original car left
- Usually causes
- Leaves a puff of smoke behind her
- Read-aloud voice
- Scouse, quick, a bit wheezy
In the books
Her previous drivers, Hoodsy and Warrison, used her to catch all the bad guys in the city next door. Now Jenny the policewoman drives her. A book of her own is planned.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Polly based on?
- Real vehicle
- Jaguar X-Type police car
- Era
- 2000s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Real X-Types were built at Halewood on Merseyside from 2001 to 2009.
