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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Steve Fowler

The new Renault 5 Turbo 3E is an all-electric ‘mini supercar’ with a proper supercar price

How do you turbocharge an electric car? With a bit of imagination, says Renault’s design boss Gilles Vidal - (Renault)

Renault’s latest move in its reinvention – or ‘Renaulution’ as the company likes to call it – is another retro-futuristic model in the shape of an all-new Renault 5 Turbo.

Car fans will remember the two Renault 5 Turbos of the 1980s: wild, mid-engined rally specials that used turbocharging to give a small car incredible performance and wild body enhancements to give it sportscar poise.

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