It looks beautifully proportioned, well-designed, and, of course, its German engineering means it will run forever, and it will be built like a Panzer tank. The reason I have personally not driven anything but a German car for the past 20 years is that they are simply the best-built cars on the market.

The two electric motors offer a total of 593bhp and provide four-wheel drive. The M60 comes with the M Sport Pro pack, including adaptive suspension, adjustable damping, a heads-up display and uprated brakes, as going fast dictates excellent brakes are needed to stop it, of course. The M Sport also lowers the ride height by 5mm and sharpens up the steering. BMW, of course, does brakes very well. As I recall, on my first drive in the M4 Competition a few years back, when the brakes were hit hard, it felt like the seatbelt left marks across my chest, and I was worried about the car behind me, which was unlikely to have such remarkable brakes.

You also benefit from BMW’s upgraded 22kW AC charging, for quicker top-ups at home, some exterior and headlight tweaks, 20-inch alloys, M Sport brakes with red callipers, a lip spoiler, plus electric front seats, a Bowers & Wilkins sound system and four-zone climate control.

It’s quite a size at 5060mm long and 1900mm wide. That matters little when you climb inside, as it is really well-appointed. The interior is gorgeous and snuggles you into the driving seat in such a way that you are really not keen to get out.

Got a love the boost paddle tucked in behind the steering wheel, which delivers a dollop of max power for ten seconds. The overall acceleration is superb and breathtaking if you're not ready for it. Going fast is one thing, but what about cornering - yup, it’s got that too and in spades, with massive grip available that defies logic at times, but this amount of grip leaves all competitors in the dust. At 2,380kg, this is a heavy car, but you would never know it, and that is a physics masterclass. The boot is a good size with plenty of room for adults in the rear seats and with everything laid flat, a very decent space for all the gubbins. The steering is smooth and accurate, and has that BMW weight to the wheel, which I find very appealing, and all with little body roll, thanks to the lower centre of gravity.

Inside, all is well. The BMW steering wheels are the best in the business, in my opinion, with just the right grip size for normal-sized hands. With that slightly flat bottom for ease of entry, all controls are fairly intuitive, and of course, we have the ubiquitous Tesla-esque massive screen across the dash. We have the usual minutes it takes each time you start it up in turning off annoying things such as lane assist and traffic sign warnings that, infuriatingly, revert to on each time you turn the car off. One day, some manufacturer will realise these safety items are driving us all mad and will remove some of them on the basis that we are not all blithering idiots - we can stay in lane and we can read the road signs!

The range was pretty good at an average of 260 miles per charge, which is a tad shy of the stated range of 315. Charging is also pretty good with 10-80% charge in about 30 minutes using a fast 205kW DC charger.

As most such cars would be leased, the benefit-in-kind (BIK) rate is an astonishing 2%. With finance, after the 10% deposit, it will cost you approximately £1,200 per month. This might seem quite high, but you always get what you pay for in this world, and this is a lot of car for the money, and one you might be keen to keep for many, many years; therefore, the quite harsh depreciation would be of little consequence.

Is this the best BMW EV on the market? Yes, it is. A very impressive car and a feat of engineering.

TECH STUFF

Model tested: i5 M60 Touring
Power: 593 bhp
Speed: 0-62 3.8 secs
Top: 143 mph
Range: 315 miles
Price from: £99,090
As tested: £113,765