The French are once again turning the craziness dial to 11. Meet the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, a rear-wheel drive super hatch. Renault wants to build a 500-horsepower rear-wheel drive two-door hatchback.

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.

Credit to Renault: Turning a front-wheel-drive supermini into a mid-engined, rear-drive sports car can be no easy task, and remarkably the French firm has done it twice, first with the 5 Turbo in ...

the lack of a Renault 5 Turbo variant seemed a missed opportunity. Now though, a whole 46 years since the Renault 5 Turbo made its first appearance, Renault has confirmed the new 5 Turbo 3E as an ...