Manhart will give your G90 M5 over 800bhp and go-faster stripes

The seventh-generation BMW M5 is a controversial car: hybrid powertrain, comparable weight to most neutron stars and that signature light-up grille. The ideal car, then, for Manhart to go and make even more controversial.

Dubbed the ‘MH5 800E’ (not to be confused as a rival for the Xerox B230), the 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 and 18.6kWh battery pairing have been upped from 711 to 811bhp. No confirmation if the 3.5s sprint to 62 and derestricted 190mph top speed are improved, but it’s probable they will be.

Looks brawnier too, with its re-profiled front lip dramatised by a pair of canards and a revised bonnet (which can be optioned in carbon). Other cosmetic changes include 'Concave One' twin-spoke alloys, a thin two-part rear wing and a more aggressive rear diffuser.

The silk-matt grey paint looks all kinds of menacing with all these new changes too, though the various gold accents and stripes do their part to try and excite the nine-year-old within.

Manhart has also confirmed it’s working on improving the triple-mode adaptive suspension too. That will likely impact the multi-stage stability control and rear-wheel steering, among other things in the mechanical toy box that only M geeks will understand.

More details - like the pricing - will be revealed in due course, but consider you’ll need at least £110,500 for an M5 to begin with, and things could get uncomfortably costly.