BMW i5 Touring Teased, Will Join 5 Series And M5 Wagons

It’s hardly a shock that a new BMW 5 Series Touring is coming. We’ve already had teasers of the standard combustion-engined car as well as the long-awaited return of an M5 Touring, and now BMW has given us our first official look at the all-electric i5 Touring - although, like its petrol-powered counterparts, all we have so far is a shadowy silhouette.

Car Throttle, however, has already seen the 5-series Touring behind closed doors and, though we can’t say too much, we like what we’ve seen.

There’s really very little to differentiate between the ICE and BEV cars from the teasers we’ve seen, which give very little away, but with the new 5-series saloon now out on the road, it doesn’t take much to imagine what an estate variant would look like. The video released by BMW yesterday to tease the i5 Touring gives us our best look yet at the rear of the car and features what sounds like the Hans Zimmer-composed feedback noise featured on other electrified BMWs.

Along with confirming a spring 2024 arrival for the 5-series Touring, BMW has confirmed that both combustion and electric versions will have the same variety of drivetrain layouts as the saloon. Battery-powered versions currently include the single-motor eDrive40 and dual-motor, 593bhp xDrive M50.

Expect the respective ranges of 362 and 320 miles to dip slightly as a result of increased weight, but the trade-off will be an increase in the 490 litres of boot space available in the saloon.

If the Touring’s engine line-up remains the same as the saloon in the UK, that’d mean a sole petrol offering in the form of the 520i, with no diesel in sight on our shores. Some markets can have an oil-burning 520d though, so there’s a slight chance it could appear.

Of course, there’ll be the M5 Touring too - most likely following later in 2024. That’ll be the first since the V10-powered E61 and is expected to use the 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 hybrid powertrain found in the XM. In the SUV, it’s good for a monstrous 738bhp in range-topping Red Label form.