A beast of a car built for rallying, drift and track performance, adapted for the road.” These few words sum up the brief for the development and engineering of Renault 5 Turbo 3E. Renault’s ...

The Turbo 3E was a 380bhp rear-drive model built to celebrate 40 years of the rally special Renault 5 Turbo 2, this time with electric power. The concept was more than just a show car, and was ...

Renault unexpectedly released a follow-up to the 5 Turbo in 2001 when it stuffed a 2.9-liter V6 behind the front seats of a second-generation Clio. It built a little under 3,000 cars before ...

For that sort of money, you could buy a very nice example of the original 5 Turbo and 5 Turbo 2, plus a current Renault 5 and an Alpine A290. This mini supercar has a full-size supercar price.

The 5 Turbo 3E isn't the first performance version of the new 5 E-Tech. Renault’s sister brand, Alpine, has already launched the A290 hot hatch based on the 5 E-Tech.

The 5 Turbo 3E won't be the first performance version of the new 5 E-Tech. Renault sister brand Alpine has already launched the A290 hot hatch based on the 5 E-Tech.

The Renault 5 Turbo 3E’s performance credentials are further highlighted by its ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in under 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 270 km/h.

Though it shares styling with the smash hit 5 E-Tech, the Turbo 3E is more of a bespoke rear-wheel-drive EV that just looks like it's based on the 5 — Renault describes it as a "mini-supercar ...

Renault has released pricing for the 5 Turbo 3E, an electric hot hatch with rear wheel drive. The EV costs £135,000, or around $180,000 USD.

The 5 Turbo 3E isn't the only performance version of the modern electric Renault 5. Renault's sibling brand Alpine recently launched the A290, a 220-hp version of the electric hatch.

Only 1,820 Turbo 1s were made (compared with 3,167 Turbo 2s) and they’re now worth well over $100k, so there aren’t a ton of those special seats floating around, but one set has just cropped ...