Big power, big cargo...massive curb weight
Today is a big day for anyone who doesn’t really remember 2007. Because this is the first time you’ll remember a new BMW M5 Touring entering the world. They don’t come along every year, these things—this is only the third M5 Touring model ever to leave the BMW factory. And everything about it is enormous.
The stiffened body is five meters long and almost two meters wide. The rear offers a 500-liter cargo bay, until you flip down the split-folding rear seats and uncork a 1,630-liter chasm riddled with lashing points for securing your outdoor lifestyle equipment. Is it just us who think the blocky, stocky Touring wears the ‘M5’ mods better than the dumpy sedan?Underneath, it naturally shares its oily and volt-y bits with the latest M5 sedan—the first plug-in hybrid M5.
Even when you’re not hooking up a pleasure craft to the rear hitch, the M5 Touring has a lot of weight to shift. Like, a lot.Because it’s got switch-off-able four-wheel drive, rear-wheel steering, adaptive suspension, an 18.6kWh battery, an electric tailgate, and no carbon roof , it weighs 2,560kg—or more than a Bentley Bentayga full of luggage. That’s why the current Audi RS6 Performance is actually 0.2sec quicker from 0-100kph despite giving away 100hp to the BMW—it’s half a ton lighter.
Question is, would you rather have the faster car, or rather your neighbors didn’t pour paint-stripper over your uber-wagon for doing V8 cold-starts during their lie-in? The hybrid M5 can make at least make a quiet getaway…PHOTO BY BMWNOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
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