It took four and a half years, but the E60 BMW M5 is finally coming to Gran Turismo 7. Polyphony Digital confirmed the V10-powered sedan as part of the game’s free Spec IV update, which will roll out in two stages this fall, October and December.
The E60 M5 is no stranger to the franchise. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 4 Prologue back in 2003 and showed up again in GT5, GT6, and the PSP version. Its absence from GT7 since the game launched in March 2022 has been a glaring gap, especially given that BMW already has 20 cars on the roster, including a 2015 i3 and the M4 Safety Car.
The naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V10 that screams to 8,250 rpm somehow got left out while those made the cut.
That changes now, though the exact timing remains fuzzy. The announcement trailer briefly flashes the sedan, but Polyphony hasn’t said whether the M5 drops in October’s first wave or December’s second. More details are expected at the Gran Turismo World Series Round 3 event in Singapore on October 3.
No word either on whether the E61 Touring variant will follow, which would be a welcome addition but feels unlikely given how long it took to get the sedan in.
The M5 is one of 12 new cars arriving with Spec IV. Six have been identified so far: the Honda MUGEN MOTUL Civic Si Race Car, Citroën 2CV, Honda Stepwgn, Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept, and Xiaomi Vision GT round out the confirmed list alongside the M5. The remaining six are still under wraps.
Spec IV is more than a car dump. Sportsland SUGO arrives in October, and Autumn Ring returns in December after being absent from mainline Gran Turismo games since GT6. Autumn Ring will also get an expanded layout beyond its familiar configuration.
New features are stacked into the update as well. A Vintage section will highlight cars no longer available to purchase new, while a Car Concierge service handles ordering Used and Legend cars. Driving Experiences, an expanded Car Viewer, a raised Collector Level cap, Shuffle Races, Online Drift Trials, and a Family mode fill out the package.
The E60 M5 is the first car wearing the M5 badge to appear in GT7. Not the E28, not the F90, not the hybrid G90. Just the one everyone argues was the peak of the nameplate, the car BMW built around a Formula 1-derived V10 when the prevailing logic in Munich said that excess was the point.
GT7 currently lists 20 BMW vehicles, plus the McLaren F1 GTR that ran BMW’s 6.1-liter V12. The roster skews heavily toward M3 variants and race-prepped machinery. Adding the M5 fills a hole that players have been vocal about since launch.
Polyphony Digital has kept GT7 alive through a steady drip of free content updates over the past four years. The studio’s commitment to expanding the game without paid DLC car packs remains unusual in a market that has moved toward monetizing every addition. Whether that model holds through what could be the game’s final major update cycle is a question Polyphony hasn’t answered yet.
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