Renault watched the success of the Lancia Stratos in the World Rally Championship and Vice President Jean Terramorsi decided that a mid-engined Renault was needed. Taking the Renault 5 hatchback as a base, Marc Deschamps of Bertone started work on the project, but deferred to ex-Bertone stylist Marcello Gandini who had already moved to Renault to design the extraordinary rear. The car took out the engine from under the bonnet and replaced it with a 1397cc turbocharged engine sitting in the rear of the car driving the rear wheels. The Renault 5 Turbo was launched at the 1980 Brussels Motor Show, and won its first WRC event in the 1981 Monte Carlo Rallye, 3 more victories followed. Renault used the Alpine factory at Dieppe to manufacture the car. After 400 lightweight Renault 5 Turbos were built for homologation, a second edition of the Renault 5 Turbo was built as 'Turbo 2' which used more production parts and less lightweight items. 3500 Renault 5 Turbos were built from 1980 to 1984