The 1980s gave us plenty of iconic cars, most of which came into being for motorsport homologation purposes. One of the most outrageous homologation specials of that exciting decade was the rally-bred ...

Few cars spark the imagination like a phase 1 Renault 5 Turbo. An unabashed folly of a car designed by enthusiasts from one of the quirkiest automaking nations, this 1981 model is currently being sold ...

As one of the most rare and unusual hot hatches ever, the value of the Renault 5 Turbo has hit the roof these past few years. The best examples change hands for six-digit sums, and if RMSothebys’ ...

Every now and then, the French make the rounds in the automotive world with a special breed of car. Since the 1980s, their specialty is the hot hatchback. Along with Peugeot’s 205 GTI, Renault made a ...

Renault will launch the 5 Turbo 3E electric hot hatch in 2027 The car is the spiritual successor to the 5 Turbo and 5 Turbo 2 homologation specials of the 1980s Production will be limited to 1,980 ...

One of only 200 homologated road cars built to qualify for WRC rules, this Renault 5 Turbo 2 Evolution has only 28,000 miles on the odometer. While its 1.4-liter turbocharged inline-four engine likely ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

French automotive company Renault has announced the return of the Renault 5, however in true concept form, it’s an electric vehicle of the future. Renault dominated France in the 1970s with its R5, a ...

How do you turbocharge an electric car? With a bit of imagination, says Renault’s design boss Gilles Vidal (Renault) Renault’s latest move in its reinvention – or ‘Renaulution’ as the company likes to ...

The hot hatch is limited to 1,980 units. Renault is serious about selling the wacky 5 Turbo 3E. After showing the concept in ...

The result could have been a Françaisenstein’s monster, but instead this mid-engined tiny hatch proved a clever and efficient motorsports weapon, even in the face of the ascendant Audi Quattro ...

Marking a new stage in the development of Renault 5 Turbo 3E, two advanced prototypes made their public drives on Sunday 5 ...