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Henry Catchpole

If there’s a twisting piece of road in a spectacular location, then you can be pretty sure Henry’s sideburns have either driven there or are plotting to do so. When he’s not halfway up the Atlas Mountains or in the depths of southern Brazil, lofty Catchpole (he’s 6ft 5in) also writes first drives, group tests and interviews. He has a particular soft spot for rally cars and anything lightweight – he once ran a long-term Caterham through winter with no roof. At weekends you’ll probably find him racing a bicycle.

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Videos

Quattro Concept Video

We are there as the Audi Quattro Concept gets its first outing on the road

25 Jan 2011

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Dakar VW Race Touareg

Henry Catchpole drove the 2011 VW Race Touareg in conditions that are slightly different to those that it was designed for...

7 Jan 2011

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News

2011 Dakar Stages 1 and 2

We look at the main contenders and find out how they are getting on so far in the race

4 Jan 2011

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Reviews

All new Ford Focus review

Third-generation version of big-selling hatch, 178bhp turbo 1.6, gadget options aplenty

1 Jan 2011

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Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG

New CLS gets twin-turbo V8 in AMG form, 549bhp and £87k with 'performance pack'

1 Jan 2011

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Fabia S2000 Rally

We join Hanninen and Wilks in a Scottish forest with their S2000 rally cars

10 Dec 2010

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Reviews

Citroen DS3 Racing review

We try Citroen's new hot hatchback, the 204bhp DS3 Racing. A Renault Clio 200 and Mini JCW beater?

8 Dec 2010

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Videos of Stratos

Four of the best Lancia Stratos videos: some have great sound some have big slides, all of them make you want one

30 Nov 2010

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Reviews

Audi quattro Concept Review

We drive the striking 402bhp, 4wd quattro Concept car as Audi decides whether it makes production

25 Nov 2010

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Citroen DS3 Racing review

Fastest Citroen DS3 yet has its sights set on the Renault Clio 200 and Mini John Cooper Works

19 Nov 2010

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Subaru WRX STI (2011-2013) review

Four door Scooby returns, sharper handling from new suspension, 296bhp flat-four gets some warble back, 'Impreza' badge dropped

22 Oct 2010

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New 2011 Subaru (Impreza) WRX STI review

With a Spec C chassis and the option of a four-door saloon version is this a return to form for the (Impreza) WRX STI?

7 Oct 2010

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Video of New Lamborghini

Henry Catchpole looks round the new Sesto Elemento the evening before the Paris Motor Show opens

1 Oct 2010

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Video of Six New Lotuses

Henry Catchpole is staggered by the launch of six new cars by Lotus at the Paris Motor Show

1 Oct 2010

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Video: new Porsche Speedster

Henry Catchpole introduces us to the new Speedster on the Porsche stand at the Paris Motor Show

1 Oct 2010

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Paris Video: New Ferrari

Video of Ferrari's SA Aperta, Maserati's MC Stradale and Alfa Romeo's 8C Spider

1 Oct 2010

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Paris video: Ford Focus ST

Ford's new Focus ST hot hatchback gets its full reveal at the Paris motor show. Pictures and video

30 Sep 2010

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Audi quattro Concept

Audi's fantastic homage to the Ur-Quattro with 400bhp should make it to production

30 Sep 2010

BMW M3 GTS v Porsche 911 GT3 RS v Nissan GT-R Spec V v Jaguar XKR 75

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Features

M3 GTS v GT3 RS v Spec V v XKR 75

BMW's hardcore new M3 GTS takes on the equally extreme Nissan GT-R Spec V, Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Jaguar XKR 75

24 Sep 2010

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Reviews

Renaultsport Twingo Gordini 133 review

Renault Twingo Gordini gets classic racing livery, non-cup chassis

22 Sep 2010

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Race Academy Final

Our hand-picked budding racers prepare to go head to head for the prize of a fully-paid race drive in a Nissan 370Z

6 Sep 2010

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Group tests

Citroen DS3 v hot hatch rivals

Citroen makes its first hot hatch in years. We pitch the DS3 turbo against rivals from Renault, Mini and Abarth

3 Sep 2010

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Ayrton Senna film trailer

This is the first leaked trailer for the upcoming biopic film of Ayrton Senna

1 Sep 2010

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Features

evo v F1 drivers

We put ourselves through a series of tests to see how we compare to an F1 driver

16 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

End of term report on our 10 months with a Nissan 370Z

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

Our Nissan 370Z meets its 240Z ancestor

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

We set a lap time around the West Circuit at the Bedford Autodrome

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

Nissan's 370Z is surprisingly practical and capacious

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

Turn the ESP off and you can go playing in the snow. But something else happens too...

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

The Nissan 370Z's ESP system is puzzling Catchpole

10 Aug 2010

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Long term tests

Nissan 370Z

The clever synchro-rev gear shift is really starting to be appreciated

10 Aug 2010

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Reviews

Jaguar XKR Speed review

Jaguar's flagship coupe gets two new options packs to make it look meaner and go faster

6 Aug 2010

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Features

Zonda R ring record

When Horacio Pagani took his 739bhp Zonda R track car to the Nürburgring to challenge a lap record set by Ferrari, things didn't go entirely to plan.

24 Jul 2010

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Videos

Peugeot 206 WRC

Henry Catchpole hitches a lift with Stephane Sarrazin in the Peugeot 206 WRC rally car

20 Jul 2010