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

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.

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 ...

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.

It used to vie with Renault as top hot-hatch maker ... but for the moment there’s the 207 GT Turbo. It might look like any 207 GT to you (with no identifying badging it’s visually identical ...