Hybrid BMW M5 Touring Is Actually, Really, Officially Coming To America`

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Wagon lovers, you can finally quit your yapping. BMW has officially announced that the seventh-generation BMW M5 Touring is headed for U.S. shores. It seems BMW saw how well the Mercedes-AMG E63s Wagon and Audi RS6 Avant have sold in this country and decided it wanted in on the action.

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BMW is already teasing the car that’s supposed to go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year by releasing a video of the sedan and wagon going on a road trip from Munich, Germany to Arjeplog, Sweden that comes as BMW is wrapping up on-road testing for the new M5. The automaker says that soon testing will begin on the Nürburgring to dial in the suspension.

Episode 1: BMW M5 & M5 Touring Roadtrip from Munich to Arjeplog – One last big winter testing.

Right now, specs for the new M5 are still a bit of a question mark, but BMW says the hybrid motor will be “closely related” to the one found in the BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP race car. However, if I were to place a bet, I’d say the next M5’s powerplant will be similar to what is found in the XM and XM Label. That’s a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged plug-in hybrid V8 that puts out 738 horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque. I wouldn’t be surprised if this car makes even more horsepower.

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It’ll almost certainly need it, too, as the new M5 sedan weighs nearly 5,400 pounds, according to Motor1. It’s gonna be a chunky fella for sure, but if anyone is good at masking weight, it’s BMW.

That sort of weight and power is a very far cry from the first M5 Touring, which debuted all the way back in 1992 during the E34 generation. That car had to make do with a 3.8-liter naturally-aspirated I6. How did people even get around back then?

But anyway, the BMW M5 Touring is finally coming to the U.S. I know it’s going to cost a lot of money, but if you folks in the one percent don’t put down your cash on this car, I’ll be pissed at you.