In a world full of Lancia Stratoses and Audi Quattros, Renault knew that its diminutive 5 (or R5, in common parlance) hatchback would not be the basis of a competitive World Rally Championship entry.

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 ...

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 ...

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When Renault built the R5 Turbo 3E as a nod to the original R5 Turbo, it went all out. It used two electric motors to send 375 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels only, added a huge ...

No faster train than the heritage one for legacy carmakers, and as one in operation since 1899, Renault knows that if anything can boost its chances against the recent flood of electric models in ...

Renault continues to pay tribute to the classic 5's 50th anniversary with a new show car called R5 Turbo 3E. Following the Renault 5 Prototype and 5 Diamant, this exuberant new reinterpretation of the ...

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 ...

While Renault has acted a bit quirky just recently, taking the mantle of a Mitsubishi, the French are now back on the right neo-retro, sustainable track – as they gear up for October’s Paris Motor ...

We don’t get French cars here in the United States. (As in, they're not sold here, although some folks in France would probably also say we don't understand them, either.) And while most Stateside ...

Alpine, Renault’s revived sports car brand that has now been reinvented yet again to make sporty electric vehicles, will launch its first offering in 2024. It could be one of three vehicles, but ...

Renault SA’s electric R5 E-Tech city car is betting on price and tech offerings like a digital voice assistant in the fight for Europe’s mass market as Chinese competitors move in. Priced from about ...