What appear to be extremely official press photos of the incoming BMW M5 Touring have leaked onto the internet, and since we haven’t signed any embargo agreement, it’s our pleasure to share them with you. Alright, maybe “pleasure” is the wrong word, seeing how the arc of the latest M5 from hype to spec sheet reality has taken a more downwards trajectory than the Titan submersible.
For decades, BMW enthusiasts have dreamed of a BMW M5 Touring being sold through American showrooms. After all, if the M5 is the archetypal super sedan, what better than making it a wagon? While Europe did get a wagon version of the second-generation E34 M5, as well as the raucous V10-powered E61 M5 Touring, an M5 Touring has remained forbidden fruit for America, until now.
At first, it felt like everyone was excited for a longroof M5 to come to America. Then when the G90 M5 sedan dropped, people were less enthused. Not only does it weigh more than a crew cab F-150, it’s also slightly slower to 62 mph than the old M5 Competition. Could the Touring tilt the tables? Let’s have a quick look.
Straight out of the gate, there are things to like about the back of the BMW M5 Touring and things that make you wonder. The wagon bodystyle definitely mitigates some of the weirdness with the rump of the sedan, while the upturned tips at the outer edges of the taillights are quite nice. At the same time, the weird corners of the bumper cover remain, and the split diffuser still looks awkward, with the painted section of the bumper cover poorly resolved.
Moving around to a profile view, the BMW M5 Touring feature the same sort of hacky door-to-quarter transition as on the regular M5, and there’s a lot of metal in the area between the rear arch, taillight, and greenhouse, but I reckon the wagon roofline just helps a bit compared to the sedan. Not only should this be a more practical vehicle, but also a slight visual improvement over the sedan. If you want a seriously quick M-car that’s a plug-in hybrid and can also haul stuff, the new BMW M5 Touring is looking like your best option. Weird set of criteria, but these people have to be out there, right?
As of right now, there are no official figures out on the new BMW M5 Touring, but don’t be surprised if it features the same 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged S68B44T0 V8 engine as the M5 sedan, the same 14.8 kWh battery pack, and the same combined output of 717 horsepower and 738 lb.-ft. of torque. It’ll be interesting to see how much weight the wagon body adds over the sedan’s insane 5,368-pound curb weight, and what effect that has on performance, but we’ll just have to wait for the official launch. Until then, this is it. Anyone else slightly underwhelmed?
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Jeebus, that thing weighs as much as my 100 series Land Cruiser, maybe more.
Crazy how much better the wagon looks than the dumpty sedan. Gone is the crazy-cheap looking and messed up C-pillar panel and gone is the unresolved and terrible “Hooydonk-butt”
I’m gonna guess 5600-5800lbs for the touring, given that the tourings generally have a 300lb+ weight penalty over the sedans historically. Aka it’s gonna be one heavy pig, which I’m sure will bode well for the life of the brakes, suspension components, and tires.
Ok.. side looks proper. Back, ok.. ok.. Muscular and well proportioned. Please dont have a giant pig snout, please dont have.. Eyyy, um.. ehhh… not bad?
Not good either.
BMW’s been doing ugly snouts for so long that you have been desensitized.
I mean, its not good, but its not nearly as offensive as the last few. Yes, the bar is underground.
Side profile in green is the hotness. But like a Countach-poster-on-the-wall hotness. Not like something-I’d- like-to-work-on-in-my-driveway hotness, like all my fun old rolling garbage.
5621 pounds is my guess
5622!
Ooooof…that front end. I mean it’s a bit better than what they’ve been doing lately but it’s like a trip to the dentist that wasn’t so bad because they only need to take care of two cavities instead of of five.
I’ve wanted an M5 wagon for ages but I think that ship sailed long ago. Hard pass for me.
Looks alright actually, shame about all the drawbacks we already know about for this generation M5.
Pretty lazy to use Isle of Man Green as the launch color again. It’s an excellent color and it works here, but re-using the G80 M3 launch color on this is boring.
This looks like they grafted an SUV ass onto an M5 – how is the back end that bulky?
The front view looks like the kid asking if you have games on your phone circa 2009.
I’m in Love. It’s gotta be that green color, too. Now if only my lottery numbers could match on the next drawing……
200k and they can’t reskin the rear door to flare it ?
It has ze weight of a neutron star and is capable of a 7:05 Nurburgring lap.
I think that’s because the mass of that neutron star gravitationally shrinks the Nurburgring to half its original size so there’s less distance to cover. I still can’t get over it weighing more than a pickup. That’s just ridiculous.
This wagon looks great.
From the side.
Mostly.
The further away you are the better it looks.
Is it bad that the first thing I did was scroll until there was a pic of the front grill?
This one is a lot better
I did the same thing
Ditto.
I did more of a slow “please dont suck – please dont suck.. its been so long since we had a wagon, please dont suck, come oooooonnnnnn, 1, 2, 3!” kind of reveal.
This feels like something that is meant to get BMW some good press from the brown wagon journalist brigade while not selling to actual consumers whatsoever.
Who is this for?
The E63 wagon was always a better performer than any of MB’s SUVs and was discontinued when it no longer was; it seems dubious to me that this will outperform BMW’s existing models. It doesn’t even have the fallback of good looks like the RS6 does.
In theory, I’m the customer for this sort of thing, but it couldn’t possibly appeal to me less.
Leave it to the Germans to somehow make a rear wheel drive V8 wagon unappealing.
AWD
It’s still rear wheel drive based. All of the real (aka not Mini based) BMWs are. They still feel rear wheel drive when you’re behind the wheel, just with some added traction.
I wonder if this one will top 6,000 pounds! If there’s anyone who can find a way it’s Ze Germans! I have less than 0 interest in this revolting abomination of a vehicle and I couldn’t care less about the RS6 Avant either because that stupid thing somehow weighs 5,000 pounds. “Complicate and add weight” continues to be the mantra for these horribly lost, possibly mentally ill German engineers.
Bring the S5 Avant over and I may be interested….until I see the spec sheet because with the new not so mild hybrid tech they’re adding I’m sure that thing will weigh as much as a Tahoe with 5 kids in the back. The Blackwing is looking better by the day…
Gee I wonder if it will eat (expensive) tires
Yes. It will.
My ex-wife’s 2015 X5 sdrive 35i with the M package staggered run-flat tires went through them quite quickly.
The front tires were done well before 20K miles and they had a nasty habit of kicking up nails, screws, even electrical conduit, in such a way the rears got punctured before we could ever wear them out. Since they were run-flats, any damage was irreparable and they were >$500 a pop.
Smartest thing she did, besides marrying me, and/or or divorcing me, was buy the tire insurance policy which held replacement costs to about $150 per event.
I miss her a little bit. I don’t miss that thing at all.
Especially in the color shown, the rear and side views are reasonably attractive. The front is hideous.
Was excited by the top shot. Scrolled down, and was ok with the rear. Then came the inevitable front shot—and I grokked the sedan’s weight.
Yeah, I should’ve grabbed that manual 5-series longroof for $1500 a few years back
This would have been a pretty exciting announcement if it was over 10 years ago.
Absolutely peak modern BMW behavior to withhold the M5 Touring from the US until this abortion of a generation.
My thoughts exactly. They finally bring it over when it’s a tank.
Well, it is green…
It’s only taken how long for BMW to bring an M5 to the US – after how many years of Mercedes-Benz selling all the E63 wagons they possibly can?
Too bad that in the intervening decades, BMW have completely forgotten how to design attractive vehicles.
I like it!
However, I feel that the rear end is a little bit bulky, but then again, so is mine.
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Ok, now please un-leak it.
I simply cannot abide by the styling (or curb weight), and, with the tall floor the new G6x 5 Series has, an X5 M is only marginally worse. I’d rather have that.
Additionally, it’s sad that Audi and BMW are only bringing back their wagons in top performance versions, making them inaccessible to all but those who can spend $150K. That said, I see their point, business-wise, for doing so.
That’s because Audi and BMW cannot sell you a $60,000 wagon when a $75,000 SUV will do.
To your last point, it’s analogous to why state university systems (ahem, universities of Washington and California, likely others) hold so many slots open for out of state and international students. They can charge so much more for tuition.
Either swanky turtleneck guy is a professional jockey or that car is freaking huge.
It’s larger than a BMW E65 7 Series. It’s freaking huge.
Not disagreeing but it appears to be shot with a pretty wide-angle lens which significantly distorts spatial/dimensional relationships.
Well, you do need a pretty wide angle to fit all that car in a single frame
That particular paint color is called Leprechaun Green. The car weighs so much because there’s a pot of gold hidden where a spare tire ought to be.
That pot of gold explains the price too.