In a world full of Lancia Stratoses and Audi Quattros, Renault knew that its diminutive 5 (or R5, in common parlance) hatchback would not be the basis of a competitive World Rally Championship entry.
Renault wants to build a 500-horsepower rear-wheel drive two-door hatchback. Called the 5 Turbo 3E, it's an electric nod to the rally-bred R5 Turbo of the 1980s. It has two electric motors housed in ...
Renault is reviving its rally spirit for 2027 in the form of the R5 Turbo 3E, an electric hot hatch with far more power and torque than you can shake a stick at. Inspired by the sporty Turbo 2 from ...
According to its seller, original cars like today's Nice Price or No Dice R5 Turbo 2 "almost never surface." Not only has this one popped up for air, but that air is relatively clean as it has been ...
Renault’s R5 Turbo is back, sans the turbo. That’s because this new Renault 5 Turbo is electric. Instead of a mid-mounted four-cylinder turbocharged engine, Renault will power this high-powered hot ...
The Renault R5 Turbo is back! Well, sort of. The new Turbo 3E is still a wild, rear-wheel-drive hot hatchback with way more personality than one could reasonably expect to fit into such a small ...
The Renault 5 Turbo is set to return as a hot all-electric model, Renault Group CEO Luca De Meo has told the The Independent. “Yeah, that’s the future. I’m trying to find a way,” said the Renault ...
The Renault R5 Turbo, a mid-engine rally homologation special based on a front-wheel drive hatchback, is not a subtle car to begin with. It might be even less subtle with an unusual engine in its ...
In Europe, fun-to-drive hatchbacks are pretty common, but here in the U.S., they're still rare enough to be incredibly cool to the people who know what they're looking at. Remember the Ford Fiesta ST?
Renault has announced that it will be showing off a range of electric vehicles at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, this will include the Renault R5 Turbo 3E which will be driven by Yvan Muller at ...