The Renault 5 E-Tech shows mainstream EVs can be affordable and desirable cars that can also be fun to look at and drive.

The Renault 5 is back. Twenty-eight years after it went out of production, Renault has reintroduced the archetypal French hatchback as an electric car fit for the 21st century. Renault insists ...

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The Renault 5 E-Tech Electric is making a significant impact in the automotive industry, having recently been recognized as a triple Car of the Year ...

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.

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 answer came from Bertone’s Marc Deschamps, who penned a radically reworked version of the Renault 5 supermini, with the engine mounted not at the front but centrally (like the Stratos’s ...

He said: "We all feel immensely proud to have taken the prestigious 'Car of the Year' award. Renault 5 makes electric vehicles desirable as well as inspiring an emotional response. If there’s ...

The Renault 5 isn’t the first car from a bygone era to make a comeback, but we reckon it could prove just as successful as other efforts (including the reimagined Fiat 500 and Mini). Indeed ...

Designed to ape the original Renault 5 of 1972 (see below), the new model is powered by batteries only. There is such history, but it took an incomer to recognise the brand value of the R5 name ...

Please do. We need little cars on our roads. We don’t need more SUVs. Twingo is basically a smaller, lighter Renault 5 under the skin but will use a cheaper battery chemistry with an estimated ...

Both Mini and Renault are neck-and-neck in this sector of the EV market, with their Cooper and 5 E-Tech respectively. The latest generation of electric Mini arrived in 2024, while the new Renault ...