Basically, the new BMW X2 looks terrible, people have a hard time believing it’s a BMW at all
4 hours ago | Peter Miller
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Elegance, timelessness, originality? This “Bavarian” didn’t see any of this even from the express car. The completely interchangeable design is perhaps no longer even trying to shock cheaply, it is simply unsuccessful. And you haven’t seen the basic design yet.
A few days ago, BMW showed the world the new generation of the X2 model, and the echoes of the subsequent gasps can still be heard today. We called the car a monster, and perhaps we were even milder towards it. Reactions to the visual concept of the latest Bavarian novelty are almost exclusively much more uncompromising – they are uncompromisingly critical.
At the same time, with the “Bavarians” from recent years, we have somehow gotten used to various design experiments. The giant kidneys of the 7 series, the vertical same as the current M3 and M4, the uncharacteristically massive M2, the cartoonish XM or the confused electric iX, all this and much more prepares a person for a lot. None of these oddities, however, can prepare a person for the faintness and lack of concept of the new X2, which basically did not impress BMW at all. If we ignore the front kidneys, this car could easily be called a Kia and no one would be surprised.
Another aspect is that the mentioned models such as M2, M3, M4, Series 7 or SUVs iX and XM are at least technically or otherwise factually interesting and you can take the design as something secondary, you can also take it as an attempt to shock cheaply, which simply did not work for you . But the new X2 is a dozen front-wheel drive with added rear-wheel drive for an extra charge, which has absolutely nothing to impress – from the basic concept to only three- and four-cylinder engines. And the electric iX2 only forces you to swallow dry – with a weight of 2.1 tons and a length somewhat less than that of the Škoda Octavia, with a maximum speed of only 180 km/h, it is a car completely outside the standards of the competitiveness of modern cars. And as a cheap design shock, its concept will not pass either, there is actually nothing extraordinary and daring, the car is simply ugly.
And you know what’s worst? We’ve always seen better. At the premiere, the automaker only boasted shots of richly specified versions with the M package, but for this particular model, low gasoline and diesel specifications in the basic version will also be frequent choices. We can see that now, and if the sight of the top-of-the-line new X2 was a shock, only now can we say without hesitation that the new product looks truly shocking.
See for yourself, especially the view from the rear three-quarters will spoil your day, the car resembles something like a Pontiac Aztek or other famous horrors of automotive history. Sure, looking at design is always subjective, but we’re not alone in this. The reactions of the Internet discussants are almost exclusively negative, and perhaps the most common comments are those in which people refuse to believe that this is a BMW. Unfortunately it is.
Will anyone buy it without the tendency to ride it with a bag over their head? That is a question to which only time will give an answer, but we will tell you ours right now. With a price starting at over 1.1 million CZK (at least now when recalculating the German prices, the Czech ones have not yet been published), we consider a car that looks and is technically designed like this to be very difficult to sell. Not to mention the electric version starting at around 300,000 crowns more.
This is the basic BMW X2 and iX2 without the M package. If you are now shouting something like: “My eyes, my eyes!” we have complete understanding for you. Photo: BMW
Source: BMW
Petr Miler
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2023-10-15 04:10:32
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