2025 BMW M5 Touring: The super station wagon returns

For the first time in 17 years, the BMW M5, as you know it, is back being offered with a long roof version.

Say hello to the 2025 BMW M5 Touring, and it’s big in every metric aspect you can think of in serving your family’s needs, and of course, your need for speed.

Sharing its look with the M5 super saloon, the Touring version gets a more aggressive stance with widened fenders, M-specific bumpers and quad exhaust tips, along with staggered 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels. The size is over 5 meters long and almost 2 meters wide, giving the M5 Touring such an imposing stance on the pavement.

Inside, BMW simply said yes to every luxury item in its parts bin, along with the patented M-specific goodies. You get the M multifiunction seats, the Bowers & Wilkins audio, ambient interior lighting, a panoramic sunroof, leather upholstery, a curved infotainment display with Drive 8.5, a heads-up display, and a lot more.

But of course, if you want the M5 Touring to fit into the colors that you prefer, there’s a lot of customization options in the BMW's Individual program. Those include a wide range of exterior colors and some special Merino Metallic leather options inside.

Before we get into the fast bits, the long roof version of the M5 also offers a more generous cargo bay. It has 500 liters of luggage capacity with all the seats up, and expandable to 1,630 liters when you flip down the split-folding rear seats. For added versatility in cargo, there are latching points inside the cabin to safely secure your stuff.

You’ll find the same plug-in hybrid powertrain in the M5 once you pop the hood of the Touring version. The 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine already makes 585 PS and 750 Nm of torque on its own. But when combined with the 197 PS, 280 Nm BMW eDrive motor, the M Hybrid drive unit puts out 727 PS and delivers 1000 Nm of torque to all four wheels with the switchable and rear-biased all-wheel drive system.

Since it’s a PHEV, the M5 Touring is capable of running on electric power alone. The 18.6 kWh lithium-ion battery can provide up to 67 kms of range using the WLTP cycle, and supports AC charging at up to 11 kW.

But we all know that’s not exactly what you’re after in a BMW with an M badge. With an 8-speed M steptronic transmission, the PHEV powertrain takes the hefty 2,560 kg performance wagon from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds, 0 to 200 km/h in just over 11 seconds, and a top speed of up to 305 km/h with the M Driver’s Package option checked. Combined with rear wheel steering, adaptive suspension, and improved body rigidity thanks to a bevy of stiffening elements, the M5 Touring is designed to impress not just on a straight line, but also in the corners.

Production of the M5 Touring is set to begin later this year at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, with market launches pegged to start by November. Considering these timelines, we may have to wait at least in the middle months of 2025 should BMW Philippines launch the M5 Touring in the country.