Which likely means you’re staring at the very pointy, electrified end of an M Performance-badged BMW i4, or even the iNext crossover; two electric cars it’s OK to get excited about.

Announcing a record year of sales for M cars in 2020, the Big Boss of BMW’s performance arm, Markus Flasch, is apparently looking forward to ‘presenting a completely new manifestation of the distinctive M feeling’.

The news of an electrified M car fits into BMW’s new strategy of ‘power of choice’, for which, read: any Series, any powertrain you want.

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