Touring for a few months now, switching up the reveal by showing us the standard 5 Series Touring first. This fifth generation of the midsize luxury wagon builds off the array of 5ers introduced not long ago, bringing gas-powered, diesel-powered, andpowertrains to the lowboy family hauler, as well as the first-ever battery-electric powertrain.
Size is up by a few inches in all directions over the last wagon, the new version being 3.8 inches longer, 1.3 inches wider, and nearly an inch higher, putting dimensions at 199 inches long, 74.8 inches wide, and 59.6 inches high. The wheelbase is stretched just about an inch as well, but BMW says there's"noticeably more leg, shoulder and elbow room, especially in rear." The load space swallows 20.
The driving space is everything we've seen on the other flavors of 5, like the Curved Display, BMW Operating System 8.5, and XXX. The wagon, though, comes standard with new sports seats and with a flatter bottom on the steering wheel. Treatments run from full vegan to two-tone BMW Individual Merino leather.
The i5 Touring launches in Europe in May, more details will arrive before then, and perhaps that M5 Touring, too. At this point, we have the slimmest of hopes the M5 Touring will make it to the U.S. These other standard flavors? That's gonna be a"no" from BMW, dawg.