5. Lucid Air

Electric car technology, even the playing field, opens the door for an exciting new list of car manufacturers, none more so than Lucid. You get used to reading figures in the context of EVs, which makes the Lucid Air’s numbers all the more eye-widening – this is a four-door saloon with more than 1,100PS, close to double what a BMW M5 CS offers a car many will you is the best sports saloon ever built. It handles well, too. Sure, it lacks the M5’s precision or the ruthless efficiency of a Porsche Taycan, but a car that can drift four-wheels out of corners is always a good thing in our books. Perhaps it’s no surprise the company’s Chief Technology Officer has a past life as a Lotus engineer. Luxury is what the Air’s about, though, and with a comfortable coil-sprung ride and a posh interior – with a vast glasshouse, crystal clear screens and expansive use of quality materials – it does luxury very well. Even the range will put most petrols to shame.