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.

Called the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, it will be an electric hatchback with two motors, rear-wheel-drive, carbon bodywork and 500 horsepower. Expected to cost in the region of £125,000, it will likely ...

Success in WRC and an extremely wide pair of rear fenders are its other claims to fame. Here’s the non-Turbo version of the six-wheeled Renault 5. INA Officiel via YouTube De Léotard went on to ...

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 ...

Late last year, Renault confirmed its plans to build the outrageous Renault 5 Turbo 3E – a handbuilt, rear-wheel-drive electric hot hatchback with more than 500bhp and a six-figure price tag.

Actually, to be accurate, it was the car that predated this Renault 5 Turbo 2 (called ... Richard Meaden drove an example putting 300bhp to its rear tyres with just 910kg to propel along ...

Yellow, black and white livery clearly takes inspiration from the rally car driven by Jean Ragnotti ...

PETROLHEADS are thrilled to spot this legendary 80s rally car on the market for a five-figure sum. With iconic tinted windows ...

Since the outrageous new R5 Turbo EV probably is not coming to America any time soon, this might be the most interesting opportunity for rear-wheel drive Renault fun in the country. Note ...

Order books for the new, feverishly anticipated Renault 5 are now open to everyone, four long years after we first saw the ...