A Turbo version ... to take less than 3.5 seconds. Concrete details remain scarce, but it is slated to run on the same Ampere platform as the latest Renault 5 and the Alpine A290, with engineers ...

With six wheels, it was said to boast improved road-holding over the standard Renault 5 and ... alleges the original 5 Turbo motor stayed intact in the rear, while a 5 Alpine motor was added ...

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 ... versions of the original R5 Turbo from the early 1980s and just like the new ‘standard’ variant of R5 and Alpine A290, it brings retro styling ...

It was effectively the same 1.4-litre turbocharged unit from the earlier Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, but in its new rear-drive application developed significantly more power, with 160bhp at 6000rpm ...

The Alpine A290 plugged the performance gap the ordinary Renault 5 left for it, and while both are excellent in their own ways, the lack of a Renault 5 Turbo variant seemed a missed opportunity.

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 ...

Alpine special advisor Flavio Briatore has explained the decision to close the Renault F1 2026 engine project ... as they did at the beginning of the turbo hybrid era, reasoning that the winning ...

Renault has revealed one of the most hardcore hot hatches ever with the 5 Turbo ... original R5 Turbo from the early 1980s and just like the new ‘standard’ variant of R5 and Alpine A290 ...