The new 2025 BMW M5 sedan not heavy or slow enough for you? Check out this. It’s the 2025 BMW M5 Touring wagon. It’ll be the first M5 wagon officially offered in Australia.
Sorry to keep going on about the weight and how it is slower than the previous generation, but BMW did drop the ball a bit with this one. All generations have at least been quicker than the one before. But this new model does the 0-100km/h sprint in 3.5 seconds, up from 3.3 seconds in the outgoing model. That’s not in line with the M5’s tradition.
However, the new model is packed with technology and clever stuff to make it more environmentally-friendly and more fuel efficient. Which means, technically, you should be able to enjoy driving for longer periods between fuel stops. So that’s good.
As for the new M5 Touring, this is a 535kW station wagon that can hunt down supercars, or at least super sports cars. Acceleration across 0-100km/h takes a claimed 3.6 seconds, with a top speed of 305km/h when optioned with the M Driver’s Package.
Power comes from a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 that develops 430kW and 750Nm alone, paired with an electric motor assist system that delivers up to 145kW and 280Nm. Combined, the combo belts out 535kW and 1000Nm. It is the most powerful M5 generation ever.
All of that is sent through an M xDrive all-wheel drive system which can be configured in various modes, including 4WD Sport for a rear-biased setting, or full RWD mode when the DSC is turned off for good-old tail-out drifting action and burnouts.
Obviously the main unique feature of the Touring is the wagon body. It showcases bespoke pumped wheel arches over the regular 5 Series Touring, as well as a black roof, and the aggressive front end from the M5 with big intakes and a lower spoiler. There’s also a diffuser at the back with quad-outlet exhausts.
As standard, the M5 Touring comes M suspension for the double-wishbone front and five-link rear, with adaptive dampers and Integral Active Steering (four-wheel steering). There’s also a near-actuator wheel slip limitation device (a bit like an LSD), and a set of M Compound brakes or optional M Carbon ceramic brakes. These sit inside 20-inch front and 21-inch rear light-alloy wheels.
Inside, passengers are greeted with all of the luxury you’d expect in a top-line 5 Series, along with twin digital screens running BMW’s 8.5 operating system, with 5G compatibility, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and a Personal eSim and BMW ID. Boot space is rated at 500L or up to 1600L, with a towing capacity of 2000kg.
Details regarding the Australian market and prices are yet to be confirmed. It will make its formal debut during Monterey Car Week in California happening now, before production kicks off by November at BMW’s Dingolfing factory in Germany. It looks like a range of M Performance parts and enhancements will be available as well (pictured below).
