All that power is still going to the car's rear wheels. Renault calls the resulting product a "mini supercar," which seems like an accurate description for an electric hot hatch delivering that ...

NISSAN has revealed a next-generation budget EV to rival Renault 5 with 248 miles of charge. The financially-stricken ...

The R5 and R5 II died with Group B ... This concept doesn't have a turbocharged motor where the back seat would go, but it does pack just two seats. Add that to the rear-wheel drive layout ...

The motor is an electrically excited synchronous ... More details in the Driving section. The R5’s not the first premium-retro EV. It shares with the Mini and Fiat 500 a knowing silhouette ...

The R5’s throttle mapping is quite smooth ... the wheel-spinning moments that some rivals often provide. The motor is very quiet and the feedback through the brake pedal is reassuring ...