There’s a lot to unload here, starting with the return of the Renault 5. An electric hot hatch based on the rally racing icon of the 1980s sounds pretty slick, in my personal opinion.

Renault wants to build a 500-horsepower rear-wheel drive two-door hatchback. Called the 5 Turbo 3E, it's an electric nod to the rally-bred R5 Turbo of the 1980s. It has two electric motors housed ...

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 ...

In case you’re unfamiliar, the Renault 5 was a small, front-engine ... A silver 6×6 Alpine even took part in the Paris-Dakar Rally. (It didn’t finish, but it did participate, per Hagerty.) ...

PETROLHEADS are thrilled to spot this legendary 80s rally car on the market for a five-figure sum. With iconic tinted windows ...

Actually, to be accurate, it was the car that predated this Renault 5 Turbo 2 (called ... road variants go for similar money and original rally cars command six figures, it could be the best ...

Tarmac ace Jean Ragnotti took the competition car to three Monte Carlo Rally victories ... impact too, with Renault capitalising on the nostalgia with the revival of the 5 in all-electric forms ...

compared to 8.0 seconds for the standard Renault 5, and – as you can see from these official images – a pumped-up bodywork oozing with retro rally car cool. There’s a chunky front bumper ...

Case in point: This Renault Clio racer went off course during the 2012 Mazowiecki Rally, leaving driver Patrick Osowiecki and navigator Maciej Wrona trapped upside-down in a lake. According to ...

With iconic tinted windows and carpeted interior, it has sparked nostalgia among motorists who have a soft spot for rally cars. The Renault 5 Turbo 2 is up for £85,000 and will be auctioned off ...