Hello again Subscriber, Renault’s bringing mid-engined-hot-hatch-heroics back, via the medium of the deliriously-arched Turbo 3E. That’s right, the R5 Turbo returns for the electric age as a proper road car. That you can buy. With money. And outrageous fortune.
Because while today we rightly hail the return of the granddaddy of hot hatchery, it’s actually a) really very expensive, and b) quite limited. But that’s for later.
Because in the here and now, you only need to know this twin-motor, rear-drive hatch pumps out an absurd 500bhp. Five hundred horsepower. For a small, punchy little Renault city car.
Expect to see it in 2026. Probably sideways. |  | |  | | Vijay Pattni Editor, TopGear.com | | | | | | | |
Mon dieu! This Renault 5 Turbo 3E is a 500bhp, RWD hot hatch you can buy Electric Turbo 3E concept becomes a tyre-smoking, mid-engined reality. | | | | | |
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