One of the 200 Renault R5 Turbo 2s ever built just sold for over $150,000. Known as “Le Car,” this machine was built with two purposes in mind: qualify it for the WRC Group B and let the world know ...

According to its seller, original cars like today's Nice Price or No Dice R5 Turbo 2 "almost never surface." Not only has this one popped up for air, but that air is relatively clean as it has been ...

The Renault R5 Turbo was a mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive hatchback built for homologation in the World Rally Championship by Renault in the 1980s. Its short wheelbase, minuscule weight, and 1.4-liter, ...

One factor most exotic cars have in common is astronomical price tags. Having a car that is rare, unusually styled and a stunning performer generally costs more than most of us make in a year of hard ...

Whether it’s the original R5 Turbo or the Turbo 2, driving any one of them should be on just about every petrolhead’s bucket list. Also, they’re pretty rare, so whenever one comes up for sale, we take ...

Rally fans tend to look back on the days of Group B (1982-1986) as the sport’s golden era. All-wheel drive and the nascent technology of turbocharging hit the rally scene almost simultaneously, and ...

Renault is reviving its rally spirit for 2027 in the form of the R5 Turbo 3E, an electric hot hatch with far more power and torque than you can shake a stick at. Inspired by the sporty Turbo 2 from ...

In the 1980s, otherwise rational automakers were turning their economy hatchbacks into bonafide supercars to go rallying. The Renault R5 Turbo 2 is one of them. It's very loosely based on the car ...

Its 850cc motor means the Renault 4CV won't win any speed records, but it should be fun around town. While it shares a platform with the humble Le Car, the Renault R5 Turbo 2 is a mid-engine, ...

There's a time and place for replicas. High-end concours? Leave that Cobra kit-car in the garage. Blasting through some rocky, dusty mountain passes? Fire up the replica and laugh at the garage queens ...

Last week, Renault teased an electric R5 Turbo with a gigantic wing and not much else that we could see. The mysterious rally monster was part of the brand's celebration for the 50th anniversary of ...