宝马将在今年巴黎车展发布X2概念版车型，而量产版将在明年下半年上市。X2将与X1共享UUL平台，同时第二代Mini Countryman也将采用该平台，而这款车也将在巴黎车展首次亮相。X2的竞争车型是路虎激光，其在欧洲的售价约为3万欧元（约合人民币22.2万元）。该车可以被视作是X1运动版的替代车型，就像X4是X3更具动感版本，X6是X5高性能版本一样。宝马内部人士透露，X2主要为吸引那些传统上选择运动掀背车，但又希望获得SUV更高座椅位置以提升安全性的消费者。X2虽然与X1共享相同平台，但相对于时尚的X1是一款设计更大胆的车型。从最近拍摄的X2原型车测试照片看，量产版采用陡直的车头，中间是硕大双肾格栅，而引擎盖被重度伪装，看起来车头造型与X1很接近。向后可以看到倾角更大风挡和明显更低的车顶，使其侧面轮廓更具运动感。车身侧面可以看到漂亮的轮拱和突出的弯曲腰线，从前大灯边缘一直延伸到尾灯部分。车尾采用掀背车风格的尾门，尾门可以上下两部分打开，可以更好的利用储物空间。X2车厢内的仪表板和车厢布局与X1一样。由于X2的车顶更低，尾门往里收得更紧，因此客舱空间和储物容积并不大。X2与X1一样采用一系列前横置四缸汽油和柴油引擎。上市之初提供的X2 xDrive20i搭载一台2.0升涡轮引擎，功率189马力。未来还有三台2.0升涡轮柴油引擎，包括148马力X2 xdrive18d；187马力X2 xDrive20d和227马力X2 xDrive25d。至于变速箱选择，包括标配的六速手动或选装的六速自动，另外至少X2 xDrive18d可选择后驱或四轮驱动。
BMW X2 set for Paris Motor Show world premiere
The 2017 BMW X2 will be previewed as a lightly veiled concept car at the Paris motor show in late September prior to a start to sales during the latter half of 2017, officials from the German car maker have revealed.
Sister model to the recently introduced second-generation X1, the X2 will become the sixth SUV model to join the BMW line-up and the second to be based on its highly versatile UKL platform – the same structure that underpins the upcoming second-generation Mini Countryman, which is also planned to get its first public airing at the Paris motor show.
The X2 will rival the Range Rover Evoque, and will be priced from around ￡30,000. It has been conceived as a sporting alternative to the X1 in much the same way the X4 provides a more dynamic take on the X3 and the X6 acts as a more performance orientated option to the X5.
BMW marketing insiders say the X2 is intended to appeal to buyers who may have traditionally opted for a sporting hatchback yet seek the added security of the high seating position offered by an SUV.
The new X2 is described as being “more adventurous” in appearance than that of the smartly styled X1, despite the two sharing the same basic structural hard points.
Prototypes seen testing revealed that the production version of the X2 has a bluff front end dominated by a large kidney shaped grille and heavily profiled bonnet – a look largely shared with the X1.
Further back, the new BMW boasts a more heavily raked windscreen and significantly lower roofline than its mechanically identical sibling, giving it a more sporting profile.
The flanks are characterized by shapely front fenders and a prominent swage line running from the edge of the headlamps all the way through to the forward point of the tail lamps, while the rear features a hatchback-style tailgate that features a separate opening rear window for ease of loading in tight space.
Inside, the X2 shares its dashboard and cabin appointments with the second-generation X1. Despite similar dimensions, the new X2 will not offer quite the same accommodation or luggage capacity, because in part to its lower roofline and more heavily angled tailgate.
As with the X1, the new X2 will offer a range of transversely mounted four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines.
Included in the launch line-up will one petrol variant in the form of the X2 xDrive20i, which runs a turbocharged 2.0-litre engine delivering 189bhp. It will be joined by three diesels all powered by BMW’s widely used turbocharged 2.0-litre diesel: the X2 xdrive18d with 148bhp, the X2 xDrive20d with 187bhp and the X2 xDrive25d with 227bhp.
Gearbox choice will include a standard six-speed manual or optional six-speed automatic along with the choice of either rear- or four-wheel drive in combination with the least powerful diesel engine option used by the X2 xDrive18d.