FIRST DRIVE: Renault R5 Turbo 3E – 375hp Electric Hot Hatch | Top Gear
FIRST DRIVE: Renault R5 Turbo 3E – 375hp Electric Hot Hatch | Top Gear
It’s called the R5 Turbo 3E, and it’s a two-seat tribute to the Renault 5 Turbo and Turbo 2 of yesteryears. And unlike most concept cars that’ll turn heads and nothing else, this might just turn your stomach too because it’s designed for DRIFTING.
Don’t be fooled by the all-electric powertrain: it’s rear-wheel drive courtesy of a motor on each of the back wheels, delivering a playful 375hp and 516lb ft. Renault reckons on 0-62mph in 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 124mph, but stops short of predicting what range you’ll get from the 42kWh battery. Presumably, because you can’t get a WLTP rating when sideways…
At 1.5 tonnes (520kg of that is battery cells) it’s a good deal heavier than the cars that inspired it, but a tubular chassis, protected flat base and FIA-approved roll cage should provide plenty of stiffness when engaging that impossible-to-miss handbrake. Which Top Gear Magazine’s Ollie Marriage wasn’t allowed to touch. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t drift it.
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Ok now go do it with a NA v6
Let them cook
You completely lost me at the 1500kg… mine is 834kg with carbon hood, trunk, doors… THAT’S almost half!
This EV has a great sense of fashion ngl
C’est RENAULT, C’EST FRANCAIS….
I want something like this for the road, but nobody will ever make it. I’m so sick of manufacturers teasing with cool small cars then never actually giving them to us 🙁
I wish Ken Block can live to see this. This is Hoonigan Material
Really, no more rally cars from Renault?
What is this then, a toothbrush? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xti-87O-Sek
Reported for fake news.
Great project, now throw away that joke of a Gig Nikko engine and put in a real ICE engine, i.e. a Renault 1.8 turbo, thanks.
A chance to have a modern version of the old turbo 2!? Sign me up. If even a few of these design cues end up on the road car….chefs kiss.
Renault bring the 5 back!
Make a road version i stopt buy renault couse of the boring cars the make now. Where is a fun clio ? Ice plz
NFS Unbound vibes
This way a nice looking car…. I will buy one on the spot…. ❤
I’m sorry, but how can it be called a turbo when it’s bloody electric? It’s as stupid as the Porsche taycan “turbo”
I absolutely love the look of this. They need to drop the rear wing , make it road legal and put a real engine init. This would sell like hot cakes !
5:41 yeah exactly, the proportions that the road cars will not have. They will be some 2 ton CUV monstrosity. This is marketing for the dumbest of the dumb.
1500 kilos? get out
Finger on the pulse? Jeez… what’s the point? I think the design team’s average age must have been about 12. I can see what they’ve tried to do, but no. Pointless. Try harder Renault.
It looks amazing, but road version will probably not.
First lekkie car I actually want…..
First Hyundai and now Renault making the best looking and most exciting concept cars in 2023. Who would have called that?
Sounds like a Unigate milk float (look it up kids), I know it’s the ‘future’ but please get some sound sorted!
My uncle had one of the original turbo 5 s , going down the main road at 30 in town , he just touched the hand brake , viola we where facing the wrong way , hilarious for a 12 year old 😂😂
Why would it have a steel chassis?
I don’t want any EV.
But I want this thing
Interesting car, not much of a video, unfortunately.
The wrap and interior are hideous, however the car is beautiful in design.
That’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen in ages. R5 is a top 3 car for me anyway, but this is mad.
I´m sorry to say, as a true lover of the old 5 turbos, this is a mockery and publicity stunt that deserved to be so much better.
If they decide to produce a street legal version of this… I’ll sell a kidney if it’s necessary to get one.
That would be the perfect car for production, it would really change the car industry in how raw a modern electric car can be. I know I would buy that, in a heartbeat.
This is so cyberpunk or what “Back to the Future” imagined cars would look like
Lovely! If at all enthusiasts have to be convinced about Electric vehicles, then such cars may ultimately do that job!
Praying these come into production , hopefully hear more soon 🫡
I would buy one
But why call it a turbo…?
Build it Renault, just build it
I want one 😁
Nice, too bad it’s electric
Almost like a tribute to Mr Block 🚗
Un sans faute 👍…on peut toujours rêver d’une version de production 🙏
Why no rally? Renault does a AWD Clio Rally3, among others.
🥴 It’s sounds beautiful 🥴 🙄😂
Looks like someone played cyberpunk
Can’t stand the rear wing, and 1500kg! The original R5 GT Turbos when I was a kid was everywhere- and they weighed no more than a tin of beans.
Fact.
Looks cool, needs a v6 in the back!
The design just screams Hoonigan to me
Looks Great But Whats the Point of wasting Money When They Should Just Get On With Making Cars Real People Can Buy at A Decent Price ?.
I Dont Want a £50k SUV Electric Tank ,I Want A Renault 5 EV Rear wheel Drive For £15k That will Do 200 miles on a charge !
Now Here is the Real Challenge ,Go and Get on Making That Happen.
"they went down the jumble sale and bought a bear!"
How fortuitous that they found a bear with the Renault logo on its left foot!