BMW later this yr will take the wraps off a brand new M5 sedan based mostly on the redesigned 5-Sequence launched for the 2024 mannequin yr.
A wagon possibility—a Touring in BMW-speak—can be set to reach this yr, albeit later than the sedan.
There is a good probability it is going to make it to the U.S. Citing feedback made by Domagoj Dukec, who heads design for the BMW model on the BMW Group, The Automobile Information reported on Tuesday that each M5 physique types are deliberate for U.S. sale.
In accordance with the report, the M5 Touring is because of begin gross sales within the U.S. in 2025, and can probably be the one 5-Sequence-based wagon to succeed in these shores. Different markets will obtain an everyday 5-Sequence Touring in addition to an electrical i5 Touring.
Teaser for BMW M5 Touring due in 2024
When it arrives, there will not be a lot in the way in which of direct competitors for the M5 Touring. Mercedes-Benz AMG now not presents an E 63 Wagon within the U.S. and Audi’s present RS 6 Avant can be on its approach out. A successor to the RS 6 Avant, probably badged because the RS 7 Avant, is deliberate however not but confirmed for U.S. sale. A smaller RS 5 Avant can be within the works however not but confirmed to succeed in these shores.
The M5 Touring would be the third M5 wagon after the earlier E34 M5 Touring of the late Eighties/early ’90s and E60 M5 Touring of the ’00s. It is going to be a plug-in hybrid that includes a model of the powertrain that debuted within the BMW XM SUV.
The powertrain combines a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 with a single electrical motor built-in with the transmission, and in keeping with BMW Weblog will probably be tuned to ship 718 hp within the M5. That is 20 hp lower than the output of the range-topping XM Label, although a extra highly effective M5 CS variant remains to be a risk.
BMW additionally presents an M3 Touring. It debuted in 2022 with 503 hp, and sadly has been dominated out for U.S. sale.