Because the Renault’s turbo engine would’ve been too much for ... original 5 Turbo motor stayed intact in the rear, while a 5 Alpine motor was added up front. According to SixMania, a site ...

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

But wait. It turns out the Renault 5 and therefore this Alpine A290 went and won the Car of the Year award, with 25 of the 60 ...

A number of engines were considered ... That left the 1397cc unit from the Renault 5 Alpine hot hatch (known as the Gordini in the UK). Using a modified Lancia Stratos as a testbed, work began ...

And where some comfy but confined rear seats once sat, an engine took their place. It was effectively the same 1.4-litre turbocharged unit from the earlier Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, but in its new ...

The Renault 5 E-Tech and Alpine A290 small electric vehicles will share the 2025 European Car of the Year title. For Renault, it’s the second year in the row it has been honored after the ...

While far from absolute confirmation that Alpine is now working on an uprated 3E, Cambolive emphasised how the Renault 5 and Alpine A290 had been considered as one model in the recent European Car ...

The Alpine team, the "successor" of the former Renault, has confirmed that it will stop designing and manufacturing engines for Formula 1 starting in 2026. This decision affects the 360 employees ...

2025’s European Car of the Year has been announced: the Renault 5 and Alpine A290. This year’s European Car of the Year award was announced at the 2025 Brussels motor show. The pair of French ...