“…there are definitely times when the right tunes can transform a driving experience, and although I am not an audiophile I do consider myself a music junkie. At certain moments I feel that matching the right songs to the right drive can be as important to me as matching the right steering wheel to the right interior…”

“It hasn’t changed much over the decades, the Prototipo, and why would it? There isn’t much to the thing, and that’s the whole point. It’s a competition-bred piece of purpose and understatement. Three spokes with holes and a chunky leather rim, available in any color combination you want as long as you want either black with black spokes or black with silver spokes…”

“People get the Series 3. The shape oozes adventure and exotic locales from every rivet. The grille and front end scream stiff upper lip Britishisms and the shape, as it moves past you, is all plucky, bulldog toughness and cheerful stick-to-it-iveness. And man, when you get behind the wheel, you just want to go somewhere. Somewhere weird! Somewhere wild! Somewhere you’ve never been before! Casablanca, maybe. The Atacama Desert! Nom Pen! The Amazon! And frankly, why not?!”

“It's dancing and darting around and snarling and leaping from corner to corner. In an age where even family sedans are as fast as supercars of just a couple decades ago, the 205GTI does something too few cars are capable of anymore - it FEELS fast. It feels like you're holding a live electric cable in your hands, spitting and sizzling and whipping around…”