Renault has confirmed it will build a new version of the 5 Turbo. Called the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, it will be an electric hatchback with two motors, rear-wheel-drive, carbon bodywork and 500 horsepower.

The original Renault 5 Turbo was a cut-up and remixed supermini, a slow and not particularly memorable economy hatchback save for its somewhat infamous incarnation in the states as the Le Car.

Bright yellow and angular it may be, but calling the new Renault 5 E-Tech a supercar ... display is hardly novel in 2024 but could be considered a callback to the Turbo’s dash pod, though ...

to be called simply the Renault 5 Turbo, was given the green light. Production began at the Alpine factory in May 1980, and, by temporarily sidelining production of the Alpine A310, the 400 ...