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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/4/24 2:48 p.m.
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In a press release boasting that the all-new 2025 M5 is currently undergoing testing on “public roads, BMW proving grounds, and racetracks around the world,” BMW also confirmed that the wagon version of the M5–the M5 Touring–will also be made available to American buyers:

American fans of the M brand have even more to look forward to – much more. …

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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/4/24 2:53 p.m.

I hope that BimmerWorld gets one and gives it the GTMore treatment–long roof race cars are always cool.

Hoppps
Hoppps Reader
4/4/24 3:06 p.m.

I can't wait to be able to afford this is 20 years!

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
4/4/24 3:11 p.m.

Will it be as cool as an e34 M5 touring in technoviolet?

spandak
spandak Dork
4/4/24 3:28 p.m.

In reply to stuart in mn :

Nope

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/4/24 3:29 p.m.
Hoppps said:

I can't wait to be able to afford this is 20 years!

The 2044 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge is going to be rad.

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/4/24 3:30 p.m.

In reply to stuart in mn :

BMW does offer Daytona Violet on a couple of models, so here's to hoping it makes it to the M5 Touring, too.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/4/24 4:23 p.m.

As a BMW Touring owner, kinda surprised my dad hasn’t yet sent me an e-mail about this. 

Ian F (Forum Supporter)
Ian F (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
4/4/24 4:43 p.m.

No way I can afford it, but cool to see it coming to the US. 

Will be interesting to see how it stacks up vs. the RS6 Avant. Many moons ago I had an E39 528 Touring and boy did I love that car. 

calteg
calteg SuperDork
4/4/24 4:58 p.m.

For the low, low price of $110,000 + options + dealer markup. 

Glad they're making 'em, lil salty I can't afford 'em

jgrewe
jgrewe Dork
4/4/24 5:56 p.m.

I don't know how to put this. I'm sitting here on the couch reading this and um, uh, ...it moved.

Rodan
Rodan UltraDork
4/4/24 6:00 p.m.

With the current styling trends at BMW, I'm not holding my breath.  

I'll stick with my E36 Touring.  wink

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/4/24 7:31 p.m.
Hoppps said:

I can't wait to be able to afford this is 20 years!

Well... even if the buy in is low, it's still an expensive car.  They depreciate hard for a reason, right?

Porsches need not apply

theruleslawyer
theruleslawyer Reader
4/5/24 9:14 a.m.

Sweet. Though by the time I can afford it gas will probably be $20 a gallon.

 

iansane
iansane GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/5/24 9:56 a.m.

I don't even know what the current gen m5 sedan looks like. Although, I'm definitely not in the target demographic. Maybe in 10-15 years.

Coniglio Rampante
Coniglio Rampante Reader
4/5/24 10:31 a.m.

I hope the people who

1.  always lament about the demise of the station wagon, and

2.  have the disposable income needed to purchase this wagon

3.  actually speak with their wallets in favor of this niche vehicle.

 

Its kind of like another forum I used to participate in that is dedicated to a small lightweight Japanese convertible and retractable hardtop.  Whenever the topic of a Shooting Brake comes up, you'd swear there is a huge, untapped market for that configuration and no one in the business of actually selling automobiles in the marketplace knows anything about what the customer wants.

And then you realize, it's just roughly six enthusiastic, if unrealistic, internet bros dominating and gate-keeping a circular conversation.

 

"GLWS," BMW.

RX7
RX7 New Reader
4/5/24 1:30 p.m.

Why?... this is not the way. Why is it that every wagon has to be a 600hp 150k vehicle? Then the manufacturers say no one is buying wagons...how about a kind of peppy, surprising performance sleeper type of car that most of us would want for 40k or less

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/5/24 1:54 p.m.

In reply to Coniglio Rampante :

Kinda related, I remember the time that a certain Japanese manufacturer offered its wagon with the turbo and the manual box and all the good stuff. Everyone love it. I believe they also sold like six of them. 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/5/24 2:17 p.m.

Unfortunately, under that tarp is probably as good as it is ever gonna look.

 

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
4/5/24 2:34 p.m.

I love the car.  Unfortunately, given MSRP and current consumer buying trends, I predict that they will sell less than 127 units.

te72
te72 HalfDork
4/7/24 11:05 a.m.

I've long said that the LS400 was a wagon variant away from perfection... but that's a payment literally more than my mortgage.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/7/24 5:28 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:

In reply to Coniglio Rampante :

Kinda related, I remember the time that a certain Japanese manufacturer offered its wagon with the turbo and the manual box and all the good stuff. Everyone love it. I believe they also sold like six of them. 

For a while, the only way to buy an STI was in wagon form, no?

 

Caddy sold a few CTS-V wagons.  Sometimes their axles even stayed clipped in to the diff at One Lap laugh

calteg
calteg SuperDork
4/7/24 5:31 p.m.

I stand corrected, whispers are that MSRP will be $120-125k. Chump change

Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter)
Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
4/8/24 8:26 p.m.

Happy that this exists, but will never be able to afford it.

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