A French man named Christian de Léotard did just that in 1979, building an R5 Turbo ... car and cost about 20,000 French francs when new. In case you’re unfamiliar, the Renault 5 was a small ...

The Renault R5 Turbo, a mid-engine rally homologation ... Fred Smith's love of cars comes from his fascination with auto racing. Unfortunately, that passion led him to daily drive a high-mileage ...

so the new car, to be called simply the Renault 5 Turbo, was given the green light. Production began at the Alpine factory in May 1980, and, by temporarily sidelining production of the Alpine A310 ...

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 ...

But the Renault 5 Turbo 3E turns the dial to 11, with a wide, race car-inspired bodykit, huge air intakes and a wild rear diffuser. We can expect much of the same, plus a few subtle differences ...