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.

The French are once again turning the craziness dial to 11. Meet the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, a rear-wheel drive super hatch. Renault wants to build a 500-horsepower rear-wheel drive two-door hatchback.

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 ...

Whether it’s the curvy original or the taut mk2, it makes no difference ... any manufacturer other than Renault, with a back catalogue that includes the 5 Turbo and Spider, producing something ...