“I’m an admirer of Renault’s recent design direction, particularly with the new R5 and the Alpine A290. I used to own a Renault 5 GT Turbo ... looks like it could cover both a week-long ...

He’d designed the sensational 5.7-litre, 604bhp V10 for the Carrera GT, and while at AMG in the ... rattle (on warm start) and leaky rocker cover gaskets are also worth keeping an ear and ...

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.

Here’s the non-Turbo version of the six-wheeled Renault 5. INA Officiel via YouTube De Léotard went on to convert these sportier R5 Alpines and Turbos into six-wheelers too, entering them in ...

A French man named Christian de Léotard did just that in 1979, building an R5 Turbo with six wheels and ... useful but a lot more fun: the 6×6 Renault 5. With six wheels, it was said to boast ...

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

The seats, inspired by those in the original Renault 5 Turbo, are also trimmed in fabric made from recycled plastics and feature bold contrasting panels and 5 logos. Renault says up to 128 ...

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 ...

Designed to ape the original Renault 5 of 1972 (see below), the new model is powered by batteries only. There is such history, but it took an incomer to recognise the brand value of the R5 name ...

In terms of powertrain, the Renault 5 E-Tech Electric is offered in three power versions: 120 and 150 PS from batteries with an energy capacity of 40 and 52 kWh respectively.

like how the H-shaped seats are inspired by the buckets of the original Renault 5 Turbo. The new car’s seats are wonderfully comfortable, too. The dashboard houses a pair of 10-inch digital ...