5-Star Touring
It’s difficult to imagine a more desirable everyday car than the 5-Series, well actually, it’s not that difficult… Touring.
The 5-Series Touring has been the fancy way to haul the kids and dog around for the past 30-years. Much like the 3-Series, Touring was not available on the model (E12). It was first available on a small number of E28 models.
Second was the E34 5-Series Touring, which saw fit for an M5 version. As the first M-Power Touring BMW, it was only available with a manual transmission and RWD plus 350hp, it was truly the ultimate driving machine as the world’s fastest production wagon at the time.
The E39 was the 3rd Touring 5-Series and was not available as an M5. It was, however available with a V8 in the 540i Touring model. Its successor, the E61 was again available as an M5, outside of the U.S. of course.
According to most recent reports, the newest 5-Series Touring (F11) will not see an M5 badge but no complaint here, because an Alpina B5 BiTurbo will be available, as seen in the last image.
Photos via Bimmerforums, Garage36, M5Board, Ultimate Car Page, & Bimmerfile
Source: motoriginal
Audi RS2 by brockdkeen [Porsche Makes Everything Better]
Audi RS4 by ekkoj [TLC]
Alpina B5 Biturbo by Teamspeed.com [Smoke Machine]
<Two turbos are better than one> Alpina BMW B5 Biturbo design sketch
Source: carbodydesign.com


![Audi RS2 by brockdkeen [Porsche Makes Everything Better]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfc0vndlde1qanlclo1_r1_1280.jpg)
![Audi RS4 by ekkoj [TLC]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfbztn3Vj91qanlclo1_1280.jpg)
![Alpina B5 Biturbo by Teamspeed.com [Smoke Machine]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lex74iXudN1qanlclo1_1280.jpg)