- BMW is gauging the M5 Touring’s US reception to determine if the caller M3 Touring volition follow.
- The adjacent iteration of the M3 Touring is anticipated to debut sometime aboriginal this decade.
The BMW M3 Touring mightiness conscionable beryllium 1 of the coolest show cars presently connected sale, yet, frustratingly, it’s not disposable successful the United States. However, the carmaker has hinted that if the caller M5 Touring sells good successful the US market, there’s a accidental the next-generation M3 Touring could marque its mode stateside.
After decades of anticipation, BMW unveiled the M3 Touring to overmuch fanfare successful 2022. Despite its wide appeal, it was confirmed aboriginal connected that it wouldn’t deed the North American market. This didn’t halt ardent fans from lobbying the German automaker to connection the car locally—a plea that, regrettably, fell connected deaf ears.
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However, portion precocious speaking with CarBuzz astatine the Monterey Car Week, vice president of BMW Product Management, Andreas Meyer, revealed that the reception to the caller M5 Touring could find the aboriginal of its smaller sibling.
“[The] existent M3 Touring is already successful its beingness cycle, truthful it would beryllium precise improbable that we bring it to the US, but if [the] M5 Touring does good enough, possibly the adjacent procreation [of the M3 Touring] could travel [to America],” helium said.
It’s worthy noting the reception to the caller M5 sedan and the M5 Touring has been a small antithetic to that of the G80 M3 Touring. While the caller M5 household promises exceptional performance, galore person complained astir it being excessively dense and memes are already doing the rounds, comparing it to full-size pickup trucks.
After adopting a caller hybrid powertrain, the 2025 M5 sedan weighs a shocking 5,390 lbs (2,445 kg), meaning it is much than 400 lbs (~180 kg) heavier than a 760i xDrive. The M5 Touring is adjacent much portly, weighing an estimated 5,508 lbs (2,508 kg).
By comparison, the reception to the M3 Touring has been astir wholly positive. Will U.S. shoppers beryllium swayed to bargain the caller M5 Touring implicit the Audi RS6 Avant? Only clip volition tell, but we’re crossing our fingers they are, arsenic we’d emotion to spot the next-gen M3 Touring marque its mode crossed the Atlantic Ocean.