We've seen it coming from a mile off. No, not the canary yellow, hippo sized BMW M5, which is to Q-car subtlety what Elon Musk is proving to be to international relations. I’m talking about hybrid.

If you stopped counting right there, little would separate the 2021 BMW M5 Competition and Porsche Panamera GTS. Both of these big sedans are capable of frankly indecent amounts of speed ...