More room for high performance: BMW M GmbH confirms development of a new BMW M5 Touring.

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Munich. The prototypes are carefully disguised, but
they cannot conceal their character as high-performance cars. The
future generation of the BMW M5 has entered the practical phase of its
series development process. The new high-performance sedan from BMW M
GmbH is now completing its test drives on public roads, BMW Group
proving grounds and racetracks around the world.


Moreover, fans of the BMW M brand can look forward to a further
result of the product offensive that will continue into the year 2024.
BMW M GmbH has now officially confirmed that with the new edition of
the BMW M5, it will be adding a Touring variant to its model range.
The perfect symbiosis of M-typical performance, uncompromising
long-distance comfort and impressive spaciousness will experience a
renaissance in 2024 with the new BMW M5 Touring.


Just like the future BMW M5 Sedan, the Touring variant will also
feature a completely newly developed partially electrified drive
system. Its M-typical performance characteristics as well as the
precisely tuned chassis technology refined with innovative systems
facilitate driving dynamics and agility at a level unique in this
vehicle class. Thus, BMW M GmbH is steadily progressing on its path to
electrification. “We are now also installing a hybrid drive
system with typical M performance in other high-performance
cars,” says Dirk Häcker, Head of Development at BMW M GmbH.


For almost 40 years now, the BMW M5 has been the benchmark for
driving dynamics, agility and precision in the high-performance sedan
segment. Evolutionary progress, development know-how from racing and
pioneering innovations in the areas of drive, suspension, aerodynamics
and lightweight construction have shaped the history of the BMW M5.
Engines with six, eight and ten cylinders, M TwinPower Turbo
technology and high-revving characteristics, the compound brake system
with M Carbon ceramic brakes and M xDrive four-wheel drive are just
some of the technological milestones with which this model has
repeatedly redefined top performance in a sedan that is
unconditionally suitable for everyday use. The seventh generation of
the BMW M5 takes up on this – with fascinating innovations for an even
more intense performance experience.


The first BMW M5 Touring was launched back in 1992 based on the
second-generation BMW M5 Sedan and has since stood for a combination
of high performance and everyday practicality on four wheels. In 2007,
BMW M GmbH also added a Touring variant to the fourth-generation BMW
M5. And currently, the successful launch of the first BMW M3
Competition Touring with M xDrive* also underscores the high appeal of
this special vehicle concept in the premium midrange segment of
high-performance cars.


Testing of the first prototypes of the new BMW M5 Touring is to
commence in the next few days in urban traffic as well as on country
roads and motorways around Munich and at the BMW M GmbH headquarters
in Garching. The integrated application of all drive and suspension
systems will then also be carried out for the new BMW M5 Touring on
the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, among other places, with the aim of
ensuring the ideal balance of sporting performance on the racetrack
and superior ride comfort in everyday driving and over long distances.

BMW M3 Touring: fuel consumption in l/100 km
combined: 10.4 – 10.1 WLTP; CO2 emissions in g/km combined: 235 – 229 WLTP.

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