8 Hot Wagons We Wish Were Real
BMW M5 Touring (G30)
We’re maybe jumping the gun a bit here since the saloon version of the new 5-series was only revealed yesterday, and the M5 won’t be revealed until well into next year, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that there won’t ever be an G30 M5 Touring.
It’s a safe but depressing bet to make: only the E60 M5 was built in reasonable numbers as an estate, and for the most recent F10 M5, BMW hasn’t bothered making a Touring version at all.
To help us imagine this glorious car we’ll never have, X-Tomi Design rendered this vision of a G30 M5 Touring for CT. And it got us thinking - what other estates do we wish were real? Here are a few other wagons that only exist in render form from X-Tomi’s back catalogue:
Ford Focus RS
The Ford Focus RS is a 345bhp, all-wheel drive mega hatch that can handle pretty much anything for just over £31,000. But you know what it can’t do? Carry a pair of big dogs in the boot. If only Ford made an estate version - then you’d have an unbeatable all-round performance car.
BMW F80 M3
There’s never been a production M3 estate, because BMW reckons the demand is just too low. For now, the closest you can get is the Alpina D3 Touring.
Tesla Model S
With a massive boot, a capacious frunk and even the option of an extra pair of kid seats, the Model S is hardly lacking in the practicality stakes. But still, how cool would an estate version be?
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Sportwagon
If Alfa Romeo is serious about taking on the likes of the BMW 3-series and Audi A4, an estate ‘Sportwagon’ version of its Giulia saloon will almost certainly happen. But a wagon version of the hot, 503bhp Quadrifoglio? We could see that going either way, but let’s keep our fingers firmly crossed.
VW Golf GTI Clubsport
We get why VW doesn’t make this: the Edition 40 Clubsport is - after all - supposed to be a more focused version of the regular GTI, so adding the weight of an estate body makes no sense. No harm in dreaming, though.
BMW 7-series Touring
Estates simply don’t exist at this end of the market, and probably never will. That’s understandable, but a shame, as evidenced by the majesty of this ‘7-series Touring’!
Subaru WRX
This isn’t the first time we’ve featured X-Tomi’s vision of a WRX wagon, as it’s a car we’ve been pining after for some time. The old WRX and WRX STI wagons were legendary for their blend of practicality and performance, and for that reason hugely popular, but sadly neither the current WRX or WRX STI is available in that bodystyle. Boo.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
You know what would have been awesome? If mazda would have made a Mazda 6 MPS wagon… That would be sick though!
I’m sad Volvo didn’t use the V60 for the BTCC or Supercars series. Full 850 style.
The spiritual succesor to the 850R estate is the V70.
It still is being made for the chinese market.
so sad the only engine is a 2.0L D3 160. Volvo should spice it up with a 450BHP 4 pot in the S60 Prototype and call it the ‘’V70 Polestar Tribute 850’’ only in 850 and V70’s original colors
There’s an S60 in the WTCC
Dammmn that 7 series wagon is fireee
Correct me if I’m wrong but theres a golf R estate so that’s pretty much the same as the gti
I’ll just leave this here
That’s real
The Levorg is a WRX Wagon basically
so sad in turkey we only have a levorg with a 1.6L Turbo
I also thought about it too… It is a shame that it is not being sold worldwide :(
No, it’s a WRX Wagon with a name that sounds like a Sci-Fi foeman basically.
In Japan, you can get it with the STI spec. Came out a few months back. I bought one 2 weeks ago and its baller! 300hp from the same 2L of the wrx, and same chassis. Has the billstein shocks, and everything. And best interior of any subaru.
Subaru has been making a hatchback Impreza of this generation for over 3 years now. Hell, the Crosstrek is literally an Impreza hatch on Forester suspension. I don’t get why everyone keeps saying they don’t make a hatch; quite a few people have WRX swapped these cars already.
I think Mercedes should bring back the R63 Amg or like a new R45 amg :D
The R-Class was so weird and I’m not sure there would be sufficient demand in the modern market for something like an R63 AMG.
Yeahh mates,my name is Subaru Levorg STI and I exist
E36 M3 Touring? Im actually thinking about building one because i have s52 engine actually. There is not a lot of even normal tourings on market sadly
Wasnt the Subaru Levorg a Wxr wagon? Or im just wrong? =]