2008 BMW M5 Touring

[Variance]

2008 BMW M5 Touring

BMW’s hottest property at the Geneva motor show in March will likely be an M5 Touring (wagon) version of its screaming M5 sedan. The high-performance load hauler is set to compete against the likes of the Audi S6 Avant and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG wagon, with power coming from the same highly strung 5.0-liter V10 engine used in the two-year-old M5 sedan.

As with the M5 sedan, the new car comes with BMW’s seven-speed M-sequential gearbox standard, along with an array of electronic driving aids, including an electronic controlled M-differential and a unique software program that allows the driver to choose between a detuned state for the engine, in which it develops 400 hp, or a peak setting that liberates its full 500 hp.

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[sciguy_0504]

Don't like it.

[CSpec]

I think ultra-fast wagons are awesome, so I really like this car even though the styling is questionable and it's extremely complicated to do anything.

[Cory Wolfe]

If it weren't so ugly, it'd be cool.

[Intrepidation]

An awesome car hindered by stupid electronics and an ugly exterior/interior.

[REDO1GPGT]

Angry looking little station wagons just don't do it for me, amazing performance or not. I have always hated the shape of the headlamps and basically the whole style of the car since day one. I still miss the handsome looking previous generation 5 series.

Edited January 13, 2007 by REDO1GPGT

[MyerShift]

Well, at least the loaded diaper trunk is finally gone...

[regfootball]

yeah, its a bit ugleeeeeee

[pow]

I'd take one over an M6.

[bcs296]

The M5 is an incredible car and everything but.... Magnum SRT8 for me.

Edited February 2, 2007 by bcs296

[Dragon]

Meh. It looks like an average, kid moving wagon.

If I want a wagon that puts out gobs of power, I want it too look like it, nice and aggressive, which is how the Magnum looks to me.

[Z-06]

[ponchoman49]

Underneath that bland ugly exterior and mega complicated electronics beats the heart of a performance sedan.