BMW Teases New M5 Wagon, And It Could Be Coming To America

This is big news because, unlike the M3 wagon, the M5 wagon could well make it to American shores. Last year, BMW M boss Frank van Meel toldCarBuzzthatbuyers want a high-performance wagon:“我们听我们的经销商和客户,nd they're coming more and more, asking for a Touring. So, we are taking that into consideration."

He also told us that if we see something like a big wagon testing on the Nurburgring, it means that BMW is going to build it. That sounded like a sly confirmation that it was only a matter of time before development work outside the factory would begin.

What can we expect? Well, the usual M-style body panels, fascias, exhausts, brakes, and wheels will be present, while under the hood, we're expecting the powertrain to be seriously potent. An insider toldCarBuzzearlier this year that the new M5 feels "like a rocket ship" and that engineers were told to "just imagine what [theXM Label Reddrivetrain] would feel like in a smaller package," suggesting that the M5's 4.4-liter twin-turbo hybrid systemcould offer the same 738 horsepoweras that SUV.

With this teaser focusing on a wagon before any official details on the M5 sedan have been announced, we think the wagon and sedan will be revealed simultaneously, and they should arrive very soon indeed. Perhaps the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month willprovide the ideal settingfor a global reveal.