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Renault 5 Turbo: Mid-Engine Madness and the Birth of the Extreme Hot Hatch
The Renault 5 Turbo took a humble supermini silhouette and filled it with rally-bred violence: a turbocharged engine behind the seats, rear-wheel drive, swollen arches, and an attitude far beyond anything the phrase “hot hatch” had implied before.