Thoroughly renewed BMW 2-series Gran Coupé caught

The BMW 2 Series family is a special one. It consists of several models that have little to do with each other. The BMW 2 Series (Active) Tourer is an MPV and is sold side-by-side with the 2 Series Coupé. It has only been running since 2021 and basically shares its technology with the 2-series Gran Coupé and the 1-series presented in 2019. The 2-series Coupé, in turn, is a completely different model. After all, the two-door is on a shortened version of the rear-wheel drive platform of big brother 3-series. The 2 Series Gran Coupé was presented in October 2019 and seems to be ready for a considerable round of renewal.

Especially the rear will be completely different from that of this current 2-series Gran Coupé.

AutoWeek reader Ivar Camps came across a packed test sample of the new BMW 2-series Gran Coupé and didn’t hesitate to take a picture of the prototype. You would think that the sedan with its age of just under four years would first receive a subtle freshening up, but BMW seems to be taking a more heavy-handed approach to the car. The 2 Series Gran Coupé gets flatter headlights, a new and apparently lower front grille and even a completely different buttocks. The perhaps somewhat unusual looking rear of the current model with the license plate low in the tailgate and flat wide taillights that are tied together by means of a black strip of plastic makes way for a completely different tailgate. The license plate, including the canopy under which it is housed, moves up a bit and the rear lights make way for – it looks like – more conventional ones. The windows seem different in shape, but they are not. Clever camouflage work from BMW does work that suggestion though.

We expect BMW to pull the curtain on the refreshed 2-series Gran Coupé later this year. In addition, it is not inconceivable that the updated 2-series Gran Coupé, just like the 2-series Active Tourer, will soon be available with plug-in hybrid powertrains.