The BMW Concept X2 has been revealed at the Paris motor show, previewing the bold exterior appearance to be adopted by a production version of the new SUV that is planned to go on sale during the second quarter of 2018 at a starting price of around £30,000.
First alluded to by the German car maker in a teaser photograph issued to the media this week, the X2 is a sister model to the recently introduced second-generation X1, alongside which it will be built at BMW’s Regensburg factory in Germany.
Bold new BMW X2 small SUV revealed
The high riding five-door, known at BMW under the internal codename F49, is set to become the sixth dedicated SUV model to join the BMW line-up and the second to be based on the company’s versatile UKL platform – the same structure set to underpin the upcoming second-generation Mini Countryman, with which the new BMW is also heavily related.
Following a formula that has proven highly successful for BMW in recent years, the X2 has been conceived as a sporting alternative to the X1, in much the same way the BMW X4 provides a more dynamic take on the BMW X3 and the BMW X6 active as a more performance orientated option to the BMW X5.
The positioning is reflected in the styling of the new X model, which BMW design boss, Karim Habib, describes as “combining the fast moving body language and low slung proportions of a coupe with the robust construction of an X model.”
Sporting a brawnier look than the comparatively BMW X1, the Concept X2 receives a distinctive looking front end dominated by a heavily structured bumper with a large central air duct and oversized air curtains on the outer edges.
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