One for the Captain? The Renault 5 Turbo 3E 🏁🇫🇷
The Captain just posted a shot of one of his past automotive loves - the Renault Turbo. Just now Renault opened up the order book for its spiritual successor, the likewise RWD but somewhat stronger (533bhp) and electrically powered successor, the Turbo 3E...
I really struggle to get excited by electric car....
In the old days, to go from a street car to a much more powerful car, you had to go from an in-line four cylinder engine to a V6/I6 or a V8 or even a V12. Everybody could understand that this added a lot of complexity, with some clear mechanical skills an...
It is a very different beast from the standard car…
Completely different platform, largely carbon fiber, much lighter, RWD as opposed to FWD for the standard… As for as bona fide engineering goes this is no different than the changes needed in the old, ICE days. Not just a chip or a stronger motor 😊
Apart from the front windscreen…
(Shortened), the instrument cluster and some other small bits and bobs there are no common parts 😊👍🏻
And probably a loss making proposition irrespective…
But a good marketing exercise. Cannot imagine they earned any money with the Clio V6s or the original Turbo’s, either and the adaptations there were much less 😊
As advanced as that car is there is just something about its style that seems off to me.
I really don't like the style of wheels at all and have no idea what the silver rear end bits are even meant to be doing other than looking ugly. For me and the money one of these will cost I would much rather hunt down an original R5 Turbo 2 and still ha...
I just checked…
The only one on Autoscout24 in Germany is actually €10k more than this - prices seem to have jumped drastically over the past decade or so. As for the design, I guess an acquired taste (also cannot say exactly what the silver bits do). But I am quite impr...
Would probably have added 300kg 😊🤷🏻♂️
Look at the new BMW M5 at 2,5 tons - not sure the approach would have worked for the 5 🤷🏻♂️
But then on a highway my petrol car with an 80 liter tank…
Also barely does 400km 😁 If we are talking German highway 🛣️
About 10 minutes…
With 350kW charging and a 70kWh battery from 10-80% will be comparable 😊
It is tempting for me …
I’ve been contacted about an order and am giving it serious consideration.
I really like the new 5 just .
If i would ever get a EV again i would really consider it tbh . Such a fun car to look at. And this Evo is a beast .
The 5 really is quite nicely done 😊👍🏻
And the Alpine version, too. The Turbo 3E will most likely be a beast, and I find it’s an enrichment of the automotive sphere 👍🏻