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The 2028 BMW M5 Touring has been caught flat out at the Nurburgring, and the camouflage is doing little to hide what is coming. Hot on the heels of last week’s sighting of the facelifted saloon, the estate variant has now stepped onto the legendary circuit for its own round of high-speed shakedowns. Spotted and shared on YouTube by Carspotter Jeroen, the prototype was filmed attacking apexes on the track and also cruising the public roads that wind through the surrounding German countryside.
Unlike many mid-cycle refreshes that demand a magnifying glass to spot the changes, this one is impossible to miss. BMW is dragging the entire M5 family into Neue Klasse design territory, and the visual shift is dramatic. The wagon now wears a sleek visor-style front end, with a notably smaller kidney grille flanked by reshaped headlights and a redesigned bumper that gives the nose a much cleaner, more cohesive look.
Around the back, the updates continue with fresh taillight graphics and a revised rear bumper, while smaller detail tweaks are likely scattered across the bodywork. The result is a long-roof saloon that should look distinctly different from the current car parked alongside it on a dealership forecourt, which is no small feat for what is technically a facelift rather than a full generational change.
What remains unconfirmed is whether the mechanical recipe will gain any meaningful upgrades. The current M5 Touring already wields a plug-in hybrid powertrain pairing a twin-turbocharged V8 with electric assistance, sending substantial outputs to all four wheels. Engineers may use this refresh to fine-tune the chassis, recalibrate the all-wheel-drive system, or tweak the hybrid software, though no official word has surfaced just yet.
BMW is clearly taking the development seriously, putting the Touring through its paces at one of motorsport’s toughest proving grounds despite knowing full well that most owners will only ever see the inside of a school car park or supermarket bay. Even so, the time invested at the Nordschleife is part of what makes a fast estate properly credible, and the 2028 M5 Touring looks set to retain every ounce of that pedigree when it eventually arrives.
