The New BMW M5 Touring Debuts In August: How Heavy Will It Be?

After many long years of missing out to our European counterparts, North American BMW enthusiasts will at last have access to an M5 Touring.

We missed out on the E34 and E61 generations EM the previous two long-roof M5s, but BMW will debut the G99 generation M5 Touring at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on August 15. An updated timeline for production of the new M5 variant has been provided as well, with BMW telling media the super wagon will land in owners hands by next spring.

Interestingly, BMW hasn’t disclosed technical specifications. It didn’t when the M3 Touring was teased, however, and the M5 Touring will likely carry over the latest car’s hybrid V8 powertrain. In the sedan, that means a combined 717 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels with an electric range of around 25 miles thanks to the 14.8-kilowatt-hour battery. We also suspect specs aren’t being given just yet because the M5 Touring will be a big, heavy wagon no matter how BMW may try to justify it.

There’s a very, very long list of lighter sports cars that come in multiple hundreds of pounds under the sedan’s gargantuan 5,390-pound curb weight. Hell, a current F-150 King Ranch is lighter. We can only imagine the Touring version will add a three-figure sum to the M5’s curb weight, as it did with the M3 Touring, which is 187 pounds heavier than its four-door twin. It’s not ideal, but we’ll have to see how the M5 Touring stacks up against the likes of the RS6 Avant and other competitors before truly judging it.

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