Due out in 2024, the primary BMW M5 Touring in over a decade will be a part of the next-generation sedan mannequin in European showrooms. We have not seen the super-wagon but, however preview pictures launched by the Munich-based model counsel the long-roof M5 might be pretty straightforward to identify.
Though it is absolutely lined in camouflage, we are able to already inform that the M5 Touring contains a extra muscular-looking design than the next-generation 5 Collection unveiled in Might 2023. Its again finish is characterised by a roof-mounted spoiler and quad exhaust retailers built-in into what seems to be like a large diffuser. The dimensions of the brake rotors seen by way of the wheels suggests that there is critical energy on faucet.
Stickers on the entrance doorways affirm that the M5 Touring will obtain some extent of electrification, however we’ll should be affected person to search out out what’s beneath the hood. BMW merely famous that the Touring will share “a very newly-developed [and] partially electrified drive system” with the next-generation M5 sedan. An unverified report claims that the plug-in drivetrain will include a twin-turbocharged, 4.4-liter V8 referred to as S68 internally, an electrical motor, and an M-tuned model of BMW’s xDrive all-wheel-drive system. Nothing is official but, however the report pegs the M5’s output at roughly 718 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, up from 600 and 553, respectively, within the present automotive.
BMW will publish extra particulars in regards to the subsequent M5 Touring within the coming months, and it’ll unveil the wagon earlier than the top of 2024. It is too early to inform whether or not the M5 Touring will compete in opposition to the Audi RS6 Avant and the Mercedes-AMG E63 S Wagon in the US. Within the meantime, the corporate will quickly start testing its subsequent hot-rodded wagon on the street and on the observe, together with on the Nürburgring.
Excessive demand for the primary M3 Touring satisfied BMW executives to carry the M5 Touring again to the vary. We have been right here earlier than, although: the second-generation, E34-based M5 was provided as a wagon — it stands out as BMW M’s first entry into the section. The E39-generation M5 was solely accessible as a sedan, however its 5.0-liter V10-powered successor spawned one other Touring-badged M5 wagon (pictured above).