BEST RE TRO EV
RENAULT 5 TURBO 3E
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Has anyone ever created a wheelarch more outlandish and extravagant than the Renault 5 Turbo? Sorry, rhetorical question. Of course they haven’t. You can keep the swollen humps of a Porsche 911 Turbo, the pumped flanks and wheelarch blisters of various hot Audis and BMWs, this little Renault owns the ultimate box arch. No wonder Renault has looked through its back catalogue and gone “you know, we should do something with that again”. Clearly the announcement of the new all-electric 5 back in 2021 gave the designers all the excuse they needed.
And they’ve let their imaginations run wild. What a stonking set of arches the Turbo 3E wears. More shoulder on it than Hafthor Björnsson. Look at the proportions, the sheer width, the musculature of it. It’s not only a proper celebration of what went before, but has more confidence and swagger about it than a supercar.
Ironically we have an early supercar to thank for the existence of the original Renault 5 Turbo. The Lancia Stratos dominated rallying
