2024 BMW X2 spy pictures: Redesigned metropolis cruiser noticed

BMW’s X2 compact crossover makes an awesome various to the premium hatchbacks sometimes discovered exterior the U.S., as a consequence of its compact dimension together with a tall seating place and better floor clearance. It was a brand new addition to the lineup right here for 2018 and shortly a redesigned model will arrive.

A prototype for the subsequent technology X2 has been noticed for the primary time, and it hints at a design that is extra coupe-like than the slanted-roof present technology. Different particulars just like the headlights and grille are much like the designs discovered on the redesigned 2023 BMW X1, whose underpinnings the automobile shares.

These underpinnings are the most recent model of BMW Group’s FAAR platform for front-wheel-drive automobiles. And we all know the brand new X1 is longer and wider than the mannequin it replaces, and the identical will possible be true for the brand new X2.

The inside design needs to be a match with the inside within the new X1, which likewise matches the inside within the newest 2-Collection Lively Tourer offered abroad. There is no longer a standard hood over the instrument cluster. As a substitute, the instrument cluster stands alone as a floating display and is joined by a second display for the infotainment system. The standard upright gear lever has additionally been changed by a small nub built-in in an extension of the middle arm relaxation.

The X2 is at the moment out there within the U.S. in X2 xDrive28i and X2 M35i grades, which include 2.0-liter turbo-4s delivering 228 and 302 hp, respectively. Anticipate the identical grades for the brand new X2, however maybe with small will increase in horsepower. The brand new X1 xDrive28i grade has been confirmed with 241 hp. It’s also confirmed with a 7-speed dual-clutch automated and all-wheel drive, options which also needs to seem within the new X2.

The present X2 affords an X2 xDrive25e plug-in hybrid grade abroad, although the jury remains to be out on whether or not such an choice might be supplied on the brand new X2. It additionally is not clear whether or not we’ll see an electrical iX2, although the brand new X1 has spawned an electrical iX1 with 308 hp and a claimed 250 miles of vary. The electrical X1 hasn’t been confirmed for U.S. sale, although.

Search for the brand new X2 to reach in late 2023 or early the next yr as a 2024 mannequin. Pricing ought to begin within the low-$40,000 bracket.

Whereas there have been rumors of an X2 convertible, such a physique model now not seems to be within the pipeline.