Renault’s R5 Turbo is back, sans the turbo. That’s because this new Renault 5 Turbo is electric. Instead of a mid-mounted four-cylinder turbocharged engine, Renault will power this high-powered hot ...

In a world full of Lancia Stratoses and Audi Quattros, Renault knew that its diminutive 5 (or R5, in common parlance) ...

Renault is cooking up a modern 5 hatchback powered by batteries, and it previewed the car last year with the 5 Prototype. At the 2022 Chantilly Arts & Elegance contest running on Sept. 25 at the ...

If you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great album of classic movie, you might get a re-release or a few live performances. But if you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of a car, what can ...

One of the 200 Renault R5 Turbo 2s ever built just sold for over $150,000. Known as “Le Car,” this machine was built with two purposes in mind: qualify it for the WRC Group B and let the world know ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

About half a year ago, the Renault 5 Concept was revealed, with the French automaker having every intention of putting it into production. The all-electric city car had a fantastic mix of retro design ...

Josh has always had a love affair with cars. This mostly started as a kid playing video games like Need for Speed Underground and going to the occasional car show with his father and grandfather in ...

Of all the “hot hatches” ever made, they don’t get much hotter—or more exciting—than the game-changing Renault R5 Turbo. Made from 1980 through 1984 (during the Dark Ages of U.S. safety and emissions ...

We can confidently say that you will never find a Renault R5-based, U.S.-market Le Car that will beat this real R5 Turbo 2 from our friends at BringATrailer.com. This 1984 version is said to have its ...

Renault recently announced its lineup for the 2022 Paris Motor Show including the premiere of a sporty R5-inspired concept, with the carmaker releasing a few teaser photos. While we initially thought ...