Renault 5 Turbo: Hot hatch EV confirmed for production
The IndependentThe iconic Renault 5 Turbo will return as a high-powered electric hot hatch, the French company has confirmed. Announced today and revealed in the final moments of a new Prime Video documentary series about Renault’s recent corporate turnaround, the car will be rear-wheel-drive, with a pair of electric motors producing 500 bhp – four times that of the standard Renault 5 E-Tech. Alpine, Renault’s hard-working Formula One race team, has already produced a more performance-focused version of the Renault 5 called the Alpine A290, but the newly announced production version 5 Turbo will be unmistakably a Renault. open image in gallery Renault says the 5 Turbo can sprint to 62mph in 3.5s Renault hasn’t shared any interior imagery, but the new car can be spotted at the end of the fourth and final episode of Renault’s new Prime Video documentary series, called Anatomy of a Comeback and streaming from today, 13 December.
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