A rear-wheel-drive hot hatch that can do 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds? We’re listening. And yes—Renault says it’s destined for production. The R5 Turbo “3E” (It’s the third car to bear the ...

The original Renault 5 Turbo was a cut-up and remixed supermini, a slow and not particularly memorable economy hatchback save for its somewhat infamous incarnation in the states as the Le Car.

Renault has confirmed it will build a new version of the 5 Turbo. Called the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, it will be an electric hatchback with two motors, rear-wheel-drive, carbon bodywork and 500 horsepower.

Credit to Renault: Turning a front-wheel-drive supermini into a mid-engined, rear-drive sports car can be no easy task, and remarkably the French firm has done it twice, first with the 5 Turbo in ...

Actually, to be accurate, it was the car that predated this Renault 5 Turbo 2 (called, not unsurprisingly, the Renault 5 Turbo), placing an engine where no power unit had gone before in a ...

Yellow, black and white livery clearly takes inspiration from the rally car driven by Jean Ragnotti ...

Is the Renault 5 a good car? Yes, the latest Renault 5 plays heavily on nostalgia, and to some, the retro design might tread a little too closely to pastiche, but there’s so much joy in this ...