Is the MPV dead? Not if it’s up to BMW. The brand just comes again with a new 2-series Tourer. A first photo of the new BMW 2-series Tourer has already appeared on the internet ahead of schedule.
The brand proves that BMW can be stubborn on more than just design level. While the popularity of conventional MPVs such as the Renault Scénic and Opel Zafira had been declining for years, BMW still saw bread in the ‘space car’ segment in 2014. In 2014, BMW launched the 2-series Tourer, a car that raised the eyebrows of many BMW enthusiasts to great heights. The 2-series Tourer was not only BMW’s first MPV, it was also the brand’s first front-wheel drive car. After about seven years, that quite controversial BMW can retire. This is the completely new one.
At least, this is the first leaked image of the all-new BMW 2-series Tourer that we’ve shown you thanks to Instagram pages like that of Wilco Blok can show. The 2-series Tourer gets a large kidney grille in its face, set of grilles that is more in the style of the example of the X7 than the 4-series. The design of the 2-series Tourer closely follows that of its predecessor, with a striking difference: the headlights move from the A-pillar to the doors during the generation change.
BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer
The 2 Series Tourer family currently consists of the Active Tourer and the larger seven-seater 2 Series Gran Tourer. It seems that the latter will not get a successor for the time being. The 2-series Active Tourer was the only one of those two versions that was available as a plug-in hybrid 225xe, a car that in the tax climate that prevailed in 2015 and 2016 was eligible for a 7 percent addition and therefore as a warm MPV sandwich. went over the counter. We also expect at least one plug-in hybrid engine version from the new 2-series Tourer, although there will undoubtedly also be plug-less petrol and diesel engines to BMW’s space giant. The arrival of the new 2 Series Tourer maintains diversity in the 2 Series family. In addition to an MPV, that model family consists of the front-wheel drive 2-series Gran Coupé and the rear-wheel drive 2-series Coupé, which is on a completely different platform.
We aim that the unveiling of the new BMW 2-series Tourer will not be long in coming.
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