In a car with such a short wheelbase, rear-wheel drive and an engine in an unconventional place, the gearshift is just one of the things to look out for when driving a Renault 5 Turbo 2.

Renault has confirmed it will build a new version of the 5 Turbo. Called the Renault ... For context, across two generations the original Turbo (and Turbo 2) made about 4,000 sales.

There was still work to be done – the suspension, which had come from the Group 2 Renault 5 Alpine rally ... to be called simply the Renault 5 Turbo, was given the green light.