Renault isn’t just reviving a nameplate: it’s unleashing a whole new category of performance with the all-electric 5 Turbo 3E. Inspired by the original Turbo and Turbo 2 models of the early ’80s, this ...

The new Renault 5 Turbo 3E, with its 540bhp, is not going to be the only mini-supercar with a retro punch from the French manufacturer. While this “hyper-hatch” is a limited run offering, Renault’s ...

Though some details like the taillights are shared with the basic Renault 5 E-Tech, the Turbo 3E has a unique body with ridiculously wide fenders inspired by the 1980s 5 Turbo. Its headlights are ...

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 ...

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.

The company is making a limited run of these, with just 1,980 units on offer (to commemorate the year when the Renault 5 Turbo – the first French production car with a turbo engine – was ...

That’s because the Turbo 3E is a highly bespoke electric hot hatch that shares almost nothing with the base Renault 5. The exterior mirrors, door handles, tail lights, windscreen (albeit cut ...

The Renault 5 Turbo 3E is headed to production in 2027 It has two in-wheel motors at the rear and a carbon fiber body. It uses a tailor-made electrical architecture with an 800V battery pack ...

The resulting car, the Renault 5 Turbo, and the Renault 5 GT Turbo which followed, became an icon of the hot hatch scene in the 1980s and 90s – and it’ll return in 2027, reimagined as an all ...