It wasn’t way back that BMW head designer Domagoj Dukec allegedly advised a reporter “that the next-generation M5 shall be bought in North America in each sedan and wagon physique kinds.” We are saying allegedly as a result of the report was later denied altogether earlier than hemming and hawing about its existence and what markets it is going to be bought in continued in earnest. Properly now we have now for-real affirmation. Says the automaker in an official launch: “The upcoming seventh technology of the BMW M5 sedan shall be joined – for the primary time within the US – by a Touring variant.”
Now that we learn about its dueling physique shapes, questions will naturally flip to its efficiency credentials. And people, we’re sorry to say, are nonetheless underneath wraps. We have seen spy pictures for months now of the next-gen M5 in each short- and long-roof variants out testing on roads and racetracks across the globe, and rumor has it that we’ll see some kind of plug-in powertrain with greater than 700 horsepower and all-wheel drive. BMW says the M5 will debut with “an M Hybrid drivetrain carefully associated to the one discovered within the BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP race automotive.” That racing machine’s acquired a 4.0-liter bi-turbo V8 engine buoyed by an electrical motor and battery pack.
We additionally count on numerous aggressive styling options to adequately convey what should be ridiculous capabilities, although mercifully the prototypes we have seen aren’t sporting disguises that embrace a schnoz worthy of Cyrano de Bergerac. Will there be a number of variations with escalating efficiency ranges (Competitors? Purple Label?), and what is going to it value? We do not but know. All we are able to do now’s sit and look ahead to manufacturing, which can start within the fourth quarter of this 12 months, for the remainder of the main points. However we’re excited that, for the primary time in historical past, American fans will get entry to the M5 Touring together with the remainder of the fun-and-practicality crowd.
