BMW X2 sDrive20i M Sport X Review
Refreshingly Bold

Volvo has it’s XC40, which features a well-thought out dash, featuring premium materials. Jaguar, its E-Pace, with design cues taken from the stunning F-Type, and even to some extent, the Lexus NX sits in this same room…. Mighty crowded I may say…

BMW’s new X2 slots between their entry X1 and compact-sized X3 SUVs. With a bold new approach to styling, the new X2 features an inverted front grille, sporting a wider base, aggressive full LED headlamps, and a more hexagonal elements in-front. Complementing the expanded base of the grille, the front bumper also features aggressive flaring. The Frozen Grey trim, standard with the M Sport X package adds to the X2’s colour and texture contrast.

With a roof line some seven centimetres lower than its X1 sibling, the X2 delivers a coupe-like stance, and the shorter overhangs further keeps the car in proportion. In continuing with the car’s shoulder line, the tail lamps have also been incorporated into the design, additionally, there is a fair mix of two design elements in its rear lighting signature, their T-shaped lighting contour, which is shared with other X model cars, and an L shape, which is taken from BMW’s coupe range. Finishing the look, the X2 gets 90mm tail pipes on each side, for further emphasis of the cars width.

For those who are somewhat familiar with some of BMW’s iconic and historical left-of-field models, the X2 pays homage to coupes like the beautiful 2000 CS and 3.0 CSL, and similar to them, proudly carries a BMW roundel on the “C” pillar. This feature we feel is the centrepiece to car’s outright over the top styling.