Renault’s latest move in its re-examination or ‘Renaulution’ as the company likes to call it-is another retro-futuristic model in the form of a new Renault 5 turbo.
Fans of the car will remember the two Renault 5 turbos of the 1980s: wild, middle car rally offers that turbo chase uses to give a small car incredible performance and wild body improvements to give it sports car.
The same theme continues with the new Renault 5 Turbo 3rd, except that this car – as with the new Renault 5 – is all electric. This means that traditional turbo chase doesn’t apply here, so why call it Turbo? “Turbo is more a spirit with this car,” Renault’s design boss Gilles Vidal told us.
In addition to the lack of an actual turbocharger, the Renault 5 turbo 3rd gets a similar reinforced body kit as the predecessors of the 80s and a similar boost in the power. In fact, the only pieces transferred from today’s standard 5 are the windshield, door mirrors and handles, taillights and some of the inside pieces.
The body, with its enormous spoiled and large wheel arches (the car is 300 mm wider than a standard 5), is made of carbon fiber to keep weight, which is an impressive (for an electric motor) 1,450 kg.
The car was developed by the Renault Group’s performance brand Alpine -who took over Renaultsport to produce the company’s sports models and manage its Formula One team. Below is a new platform of aluminum and with advanced 800V technology.
This gives numerous benefits, including quickly loading for the 70kWh battery. It will load at a speed of up to 350kW, which gives a charge of 15 to 80 percent within 15 minutes. Renault demands a maximum range of just under 250 miles, but not if you use it on track – as the turbo 3rd is intended to make the big 533 hp and an enormous claim of 4,800 Nm of torque.
The power is fed by two electric cars, one mounted in each of the rear wheels, making the 3rd rear wheel drive like its predecessors. It is these special cars that Renault’s engineers say it gives the technological boost that turbo chases for the original cars in the 80s. In performance conditions, the 5 turbo 3rd from zero to 62 mph will come in below 3.5 seconds and on a top speed of 168 mph.
Renault will allow customers to personalize their cars in any way they want, led by the design team, with various options based on well -known versions of the 5 Turbos of the 80s for inspiration. It is the same story with the personification of the interior, although the structure and some of the parts will be known to owners of the new Renault 5.
Like the original turbo, the same instrument of the standard car was taken, but with upgraded graphics. The digital driver’s show is 10.1in, while the portrait-oriented Infotainment screen is 10.25 in and Google-driven with Google Apps on board. It is a car that can be used on the road as well as on the track.
The Alcantara assigned steering wheel comes from the Alpine A290-Alpine’s hot version of the Renault 5-with a boost for catch-up, plus buttons to select four levels of brake renewal and one of the four driving modes.
Behind large carbon fiber bucks with six points harness there are no rear seats, just a large hoop with a race, while the smart cars in the rear wheels mean that there is a decent amount of luggage space.
One of the highlights of the interior is a vertical handbrake inspired by the rally car, which can be dragged with the car in the race mode to float the car, such as the predecessors of the race.
In accordance with the heritage of the car, the course of 5 Turbo 3rd’s will be limited to 1 980 models with sales starting in the coming months and deliveries only in 2027.
Renault is also brave of prices. It is flown that the car can cost between £ 120,000 and £ 140,000, but the price could rise to as much as £ 200,000 with full personification.
For the kind of money, you can buy a very fine example of the original 5 turbo and 5 turbo 2, plus a current Renault 5 and an Alpine A290. This mini-supercar has a full-size super-motor price.
