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.

Well, that’s what Renault says, but certainly not as we know it. The original Renault 5 emerged in 1972 and was really the car that put the marque on the map. King of them all was the mid-engined 5 GT ...

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 ...

The Renault 5 is an electric supermini ... to the Gordini version and the wheel-arches to the mad-arse mid-engined 5 Turbo rally car. The very first R5 had a bonnet vent. Here it's not a vent ...

This Renault 5 restomod comes with a modern electric powertrain and a specially built digital gauge cluster. In keeping with its adorable size and looks, the 22.0-kW battery ekes out just 50 miles ...