The definitive production version of the new BMW X2 compact crossover-style SUV has been revealed at the Detroit motor show ahead of a planned start of UK deliveries in March.
The X2, which made its public debut at the Los Angeles motor show at the end of November, will take BMW ’s line-up of dedicated SUVs to six. A seventh, the range-topping BMW X7 previewed by the BMW Concept X7 at September’s Frankfurt motor show, is due this time next year.
As with the second-generation BMW X1, the new X2 is based on BMW’s UKL platform – the same structure beneath the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer and BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer, as well as the current range of Minis. It will also underpin next year’s third-generation BMW 1 Series hatchback.
Conceived to appeal to a younger audience than BMW’s existing range of SUV models, the X2 has a unique exterior design largely unchanged from that revealed by the BMW Concept X2 at last year’s Paris motor show.
Among the new model’s defining styling elements is a fresh interpretation of the German car maker’s signature kidney grille.
The X2 also sports a short bonnet that allows the base of the windscreen to sit well forward for added interior space, familiar taut surfacing treatment along the flanks and squared-off wheel arches front and rear.
Other features include a shallow glasshouse by SUV standards, a BMW roundel within the C-pillar (recalling a detail from earlier BMW coupeà models) and a heavily angled tailgate.
Buyers will be able to choose from three styling lines: Basic, M Sport and M Sport X.
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BMW just go from disaster to disaster on the design front
Ugly, design affecting visibility to the point of it being dangerous, blends into the background to the point of it being bland etc.
In short there's way better out there for less money from Japan and Korean, let alone its German competitors.
Just great...!?
No, more than great, it’s well proportioned, standard fair inside to typical BMW, this should be a winner.
BMW's interiors are a let
BMW's interiors are a let down these day. Sure it's functional and night quality, plus I drive works well. But if you compare the look to Mercedes or the new Range Rover Velar it feels like they are now lagging by at least 5 years. If Range Rover can tweak their infotainment system a bit I think they will have opened up a sizeable gap in interior quality, I just wish Jaguar would borrow more from them.
This car will sell well particularly to lease companies and second hand buyers will benefit from BMW style depreciation as a result. Which is why as a private buyer I'll steer well clear. It's a shame our German biased press doesn't mention this more often although I note What car point it out more frequently and is often a reason these days that JLR products win group tests, particularly when the margins between cars are becoming so fine.