Citroen had a long history in building station-wagons long before its competitors started to draw their first ones. Its experience was proved once again with the 2010 C5 Tourer.

In 2008, Citroen introduced the second generation of the C5 lineup, and that included the station wagon version as well.

Starting with 2005, Europe was ready to switch to the Euro4 Emission Standards, and Citroen didn't want to wait and improved the C5 range, after just a few years since it launched it, and applied the transformations on the station wagon version as well.

Citroen decided to replace the aging Xantia and XM with only one model: the C5, and since it had to replace two lineups the carmaker offered it as a station wagon as well as a hatchback.