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 is cooking up a modern 5 hatchback powered by batteries, and it previewed the car last year with the 5 Prototype. At the 2022 Chantilly Arts & Elegance contest running on Sept. 25 at the ...

About half a year ago, the Renault 5 Concept was revealed, with the French automaker having every intention of putting it into production. The all-electric city car had a fantastic mix of retro design ...

Renault R5 Turbo 3E from the front quarter in a garage. Renault In some ways, the automotive landscape has seemed rather dull in recent years, with the vast expanses of crossovers and ICEs getting the ...

One of the 200 Renault R5 Turbo 2s ever built just sold for over $150,000. Known as “Le Car,” this machine was built with two purposes in mind: qualify it for the WRC Group B and let the world know ...

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 ...

Renault continues to pay tribute to the classic 5's 50th anniversary with a new show car called R5 Turbo 3E. Following the Renault 5 Prototype and 5 Diamant, this exuberant new reinterpretation of the ...

When Renault built the R5 Turbo 3E as a nod to the original R5 Turbo, it went all out. It used two electric motors to send 375 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels only, added a huge ...

If you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great album of classic movie, you might get a re-release or a few live performances. But if you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of a car, what can ...

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Of all the “hot hatches” ever made, they don’t get much hotter—or more exciting—than the game-changing Renault R5 Turbo. Made from 1980 through 1984 (during the Dark Ages of U.S. safety and emissions ...

We can confidently say that you will never find a Renault R5-based, U.S.-market Le Car that will beat this real R5 Turbo 2 from our friends at BringATrailer.com. This 1984 version is said to have its ...