Renault 5 Turbo

The Renault 5 Turbo, or R5 Turbo, is a rear mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car that Renault built from 1980 to 1984, originally as a homologation special for rallying. It is based on the front-wheel-drive Renault 5 supermini but the mechanicals are radically different. Renault vice-president Jean Terramorsi proposed it in response to the success of the Lancia Stratos, and the rear bodywork was styled at Bertone under Marcello Gandini as Projet 822. A 1,397 cc turbocharged four-cylinder engine with Bosch fuel injection sits behind the driver and gives 160 PS. It was shown at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1980 and sold in a road version to meet the homologation minimum, and demand exceeded that minimum, so 4,987 were built, 1,820 Turbo 1 and 3,167 Turbo 2.