New BMW M5 To Offer 738-HP PHEV Station Wagon That May Be Sold In US

An all-new BMW M5 is sort of right here as a 2024 mannequin. It’ll get a brand new curved show, a hybridized powertrain, and dapper new appears to be like. In accordance with a brand new report, it may additionally get a wagon variant (dubbed Touring) which might find yourself being the right rival to tackle Audi’s RS6 and Mercedes’ E63 wagon. BMW has supplied a Touring model of the M5 solely twice prior to now: first with the E34 from 1991 to 1993, which was the M model’s final hand-built automotive, after which with the V10-powered E61 collection from 2007 to 2010.

The brand new model of the M5 sedan is codenamed the G60 and it’s nearly definitely coming with the identical powertrain because the one present in the XM SUV. If appropriate, that’ll imply that the brand new M5 develops 644 hp (480 kW) and 590 lb-ft (799 Nm) of torque. That’s up from the present technology which makes 617 hp ((460 kW) in competitors kind) and 553 lb-ft (748 Nm) of torque.

The brand new report coming from Car and Driver says that BMW is at the moment contemplating a Touring wagon model for the American market. It says that it’ll be dubbed the G99 and that it could go into manufacturing as early as late 2024. As well as, it believes that it’ll be out there with the identical 738 hp (550 kW) that the XM Pink Label is.

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By some means the information of a possible M5 wagon isn’t the place the information stops. C&D says {that a} supply “within the know” claims that it has rear-wheel steering and non-compulsory 22-inch wheels. If correct, it’ll truly skip the 644 hp configuration already finalized for the XM and go straight to one thing extra highly effective for the bottom model of the M5.

All of this sounds simply pretty however don’t neglect that with the addition of electrification nearly at all times comes one large penalty: weight. It’s estimated that the 2024 M5 goes to tip the scales someplace within the neighborhood of 4,800 kilos (2,177 kg). If true, it could weigh greater than most variations of the E65 7-Sequence.

We’re at finest many months from any type of affirmation on the concept of a brand new M5 wagon for the U.S. market so let’s take that point to dream. It could be the closest we get to a semi-practical electrified fire-breathing M5 anytime quickly.