We're less than a month away from the endorsed promotion of the BMW X1 idea in Paris, but the boys from Bavaria already forecast a sportier, two-door rendering of their new compact 'ute. Dubbing the X2, this sedan-ish pleasant-roader will be to the X1 what the X6 is to the X5.
The 1-chain-based X1 is carrying the codename "Sports Activity Wagon" (SAW), where the X2 is known internally as a "Sports Activity Runabout" (SAR). In trust with BMW's new nomenclature and styling, the X2 will sport different framework, up-bazaar materials, more benchmark tools and a wider pathway to differentiate the two-door CUV from its four-door counterpart. Powertrains integral with BMW's Efficient Dynamics technique will be part of the wrap, launch with 1.6-liter four-cylinder engines, eventually evolving into mild- and hype-in mixture drivetrains. While the X1 has already been green-lit for production, the X2 is still in midpoint. Nevertheless if it does come to sell, suppose the X2 to bow sometime in 2011 after the X1 launches in 2010.