As a seedling for some of the most loved and least sane hot hatches ever made, the original Renault 5 was prolific. There was ...

The Renault R5 Turbo, a mid-engine rally homologation special based on a front-wheel drive hatchback, is not a subtle car to begin with. It might be even less subtle with an unusual engine in its ...

The Renault 5 Turbo 3E is a rear-wheel-drive 500bhp hot ... restricted to extremely limited production numbers. Kia’s EV9 GT will come with 515bhp and an electric range of 279 miles Kia has ...

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 ...

and a Nissan R35 GT-R, among others. Curiously, the R5 Turbo 3E appears as if it will outperform the Alpine A290 – the hot hatch based on the R5 from Renault’s performance arm. MORE ...

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.

Automakers like Seat, Opel and Citroën (to name just a few) all offer hot hatches American buyers can only admire from afar. Few of them, however, can hold a candle to Renault.