One of the most iconic hot hatchbacks of the 1980s is making a dramatic return as a ‘true electric pocket rocket’. The Renault 5 Turbo 3E is a very deliberate homage to the original rally-bred ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...