宝马未来几年将继续扩大X系列车型阵容，新增加的X2将于2016年底发布，2017年初上市，最近有人绘制了该车合成图。这款车基于第二代X1，但其造型风格非常接近X4/X6。这意味着X2将不再像X1那样突出实用性，它的车顶线条进一步向下倾斜，侧面轮廓更像一辆轿跑车。这将使其成为一辆造型时尚，行驶高度较高的紧凑型跨界车。预计X2实际造型与合成图非常接近，从侧面看非常具有动感。虽然X2外观比X1时尚得多，但两车内部结构一样。X2与MINI共享UKL平台，标配前轮驱动，不过更高端版本可提供宝马的xDrive全轮驱动系统。动力系统也与X1和MINI共享，包括三缸和四缸涡轮增压汽油和柴油引擎。虽然有传言称X2将采用三门布局，但宝马最终还是决定开发X2五门车型，因为毕竟还是有更多人选择实用的五门车型，而非时尚的三门车。继X2之后，宝马还将于2017年底或2018年初发布X7。

 

First ever BMW X2 speculatively rendered ahead of 2017 launch

BMW has set its sights on expanding the X family in the years to come by adding an X2 “crossover coupe” which now has been speculatively rendered.

 

Based on the second generation X1, BMW’s first ever X2 will adopt a design very similar to its bigger brothers, the X4 and X6. This means it’s going to be a less practical derivative of the X1 with a sloped roofline creating a coupe-ish profile that will be appreciated by those in the market for a stylish high-riding model from a premium marque and are willing to lose some of the practicality that comes with the body changes. Its design will probably very close to our digital interpretation, making the car look more dynamic when viewed from the side, as seen in the spy images we posted almost a month ago.

 

The body style change will command a considerable premium over the regular X1, but underneath the skin it’s going to be virtually the same car. It will ride on the UKL platform like the MINI and will have a standard front-wheel drive layout although the more expensive models will take advantage of BMW’s xDrive setup. Power will come from a range of turbocharged three- and four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines that power the X1 and the MINI.

 

Even though the rumors indicated it will adopt a three-door layout, in the end BMW has decided to develop the X2 as a five-door which makes more sense since not a lot of people would want to buy it with a more impractical three-door body style.

 

It should be revealed before the end of 2016 and go on sale early 2017 and won’t be the only new X-badged model planned by BMW as at the other end of the spectrum they are working on a lavish X7 which is said to spawn an ultra-luxurious version, following the standard model’s launch late 2017 / early 2018.