BMW is now preparing the launch of the sporty M5 wagon version in May 2007. Like the M5 sedan, the car is equipped with a 5,0 litre V 10 engine delivering 400 HP.

The photos are showing an undisguised test car on the road in Munich and at Nürburgring.

Sorry I can't post pictures, theres some copyright protection thing on them.

So i'll do some Prt Scrn's to show you them.

EDIT: No more pictures so SCF doesn't get sued. Heres the link though:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/spyphotos.cfm/spyphotoid/6070102.002/country/gcf/bmw/spy-photos-bmw-m5-touring

woah! look how long that thing is. the front is great i love it but the sides and rear are just ugly the lights just dont fit for me. but i do like the rear exhaust pipes they are nice! hmm change thos rims too. i would NOT buy this car it just doesn't go... so rs6 avant for me still

so now they have friggen copyrights...

thats well, a M5 hatchback with less camo...but it looks good on the front, but id say the car is abit too long, the rear is as usual, ugly, i dont like 5 series hatchback rears, only for this series, and only with this Ewhatever its called version....

well i would like to see it, cause the previous M5 hatchback was rare, also, i think there was a E46 M3 hatchback right?

i dont think there was robbie, i dont like the back, but front is nice, but why is it delivering 400bhp and not 500bhp?

I just know there is a touring version of E46 3-series.. I didn't know that there is a M3 Touring..

This car looks awesome.. it even look better without black colour things on the bodykit. Like the rear light.. I'm starting to feel I want one!

horrible idea. i mean it looks fine but i think they should just leave the great M5 as is.

^ i agree, who needs a 400+ wagon anyway.

^ i agree, who needs a 400+ wagon anyway.

lots of people who like speed, racing,...and family of course

I better get rid of those pictures. They have copyright protection and SCF could get sued. I'll post the link to the WCF article though.

The E34 M5 was available as a touring model
http://www.authen.no/pics/bmw-m5-touring-1992-2.jpg
The E39 wasn't avaliable as a touring but theres a few custom models flying about, I think theres one real one off model that was made for someone who works for M teck in germany.
The E60 touring will be the first since the E34, I'm not sure if there was any other M touring models. At the same time the E34 touring was around, so was the E36 4 door, and apparently there will be an E92 4 door along with this E60 M5 touring. :)

they were custom? oh i saw many of them in google...

but anyone know what STW stands for?

Super touring Wagon?

But this M5 wagon will have as rivals the RS6 Avant (450hp) and the E63 AMG estate (476hp), so I think 400hp it's a little disadvantatge in comparison with that rivals

But this M5 wagon will have as rivals the RS6 Avant (450hp) and the E63 AMG estate (476hp), so I think 400hp it's a little disadvantatge in comparison with that rivals

It'll probably have the same engine with its 507hp capability using the M mode, so its not like its gona be underpowered, the E34 M5 and M5 touring had the same engine. Plus Audi haven't even released a new RS6 yet, and the E63 weighs alot. Not too fond of the rear lights on this but it'll probably grow on me, most the estate models cept maybe the RS' look a bit weird so it doesn't matter too much.

It's kinda cool. They need it against Mercedes, but on the other hand I feel it's a disgrace to the M badge. Then again, I think every new car rolling of the assembly lines these days are to shame for the specific manufacturer, so I guess it's alright.

i thought there already was an M5 Estate

^They've been testing it on Nürburgring for years, but for some reason they haven't started producing it yet.

Maybe it won't even make it to production! That'd be cool. Not because I hate the car or anything, it's just wrong to make an M5 estate in my opinion.

^They've been testing it on Nürburgring for years, but for some reason they haven't started producing it yet.

Maybe it won't even make it to production! That'd be cool. Not because I hate the car or anything, it's just wrong to make an M5 estate in my opinion.

yeah, it seems to ruin the M5's image to me. If they want to make a hot STW they should name it another name. :rolleyes:

just my opinion :-k

lol, haha, I once saw an older M5 series touring car, and immediatley proclaimed that they'd just stuck the badge on, because who's ever gonna need a fast estate car? lol
I was about 7?

Now that is funny :D

I'll still take an RS4 Avant over this one. The back looks ten times better, has tons of loadspace, goes like friggin' stink, and has a proper 4WD system.

I still wouldn't mind one of these in black though! :p

Copyright? What's that?



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Sometimes you have to make wagons be able to do stuff too. Soccermoms will be happy to see the news

LoL soccer moms

Lol, soccermoms don't care about performance. It's just pointless really. I understand why Adui are making perforamnce wagons. They have a history thanks to the RS2, and they usually look better than the sedan versions.

that is true tom k, both things you said. soccermoms just care that the car runs fine. unless there awesome and actually know something about cars, but that wouldn't make them a soccer mom. it would make them a awesome mom.
(i know that sucked)

Ugly and stupid. I'll take a Magnum SRT-8 thanks.

I don't like it in the "touring" form (maybe because i don't like touring/estate/wagon generaly )...... the Sedan is much Better.

i dont think there was robbie, i dont like the back, but front is nice, but why is it delivering 400bhp and not 500bhp?

It delievers 400hp in its standard, well, if you can call it standard mode, but then delievers full 507hp whack in M mode, does other stuff like quicker changes and lowers itself slightly.

i don't think there is anything different to an ordinary 5 series estate apart from the twin exhausts and wheels. it isn't gonna sell very well.

Copyright? What's that?



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Lol theres still the matter of the watermark on the windscreen

i was able to get them using right click.........

edited out......
pretty damn ******ed that they copyright ****in spy pics

the engine (by description) sounds amazing.

but to put it in a car that looks like that?

good god bmw seems to be going downhill with soe of their cars and choices

btw, ast0n, just to let you know, those white letters in the picture isnt gibberish, and scf- rsportscars can be sued because of you posting those images here.

world car fans has exlcusive rights to those images, for them to be posted anywhere other than they wish, and find out about it, some one could be in deep ****.

so, link is fine when it comes to stuff like that, alright?

It delievers 400hp in its standard, well, if you can call it standard mode, but then delievers full 507hp whack in M mode, does other stuff like quicker changes and lowers itself slightly.

being a overly obsessed BMW fan, dont you think i knew that? lol

what do you mean by i dont think theres robbie? lol....

but well, delivering 400hp still isnt that bad...but 507 is better, i think theres a 507 M sport thingy too right? i mean on the 3 horsepower settings...

i think so, it said 400bhp, which got me wondering! but anyway...

It seems like a very cool idea but one of the best wagons definitely comes from Volvo....

i like the Audi's wagons...

i like the Audi's wagons...

Yep, Audi defernetly rule in that sector of the market. I looooove their S and RS estate models.

This is gonna be a pretty nice machine though. IMO the 5 series estate is one of the best looking wagons ever made, so with a "few" more horsepower and a more agressive bodykit it should be even better !

I was wondering when they would release this. Great car.

I really like the M5, but I can't stand the fact that the M-package you can get for the 5-serie looks exactly the same from the front. I see thousands of 5-series driving around with that package.
The first picture, on top of the article, it looks just like any other 5-series estate with m-package.
Making the M5 stand out, and then bring the normal 5 series to the same level with a M-package is just plain stupid