BMW 2 Series Range Will Get New Engine Options Starting this Spring
14 Jan 2015, 11:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If you’re one of the many 2 Series lovers out there, you’ll be pleased to learn that new entry-level choices will be introduced by BMW for the range starting this spring. Yes, we’r...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Amongst 2015 European Car of the Year Finalists
16 Dec 2014, 10:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The seven finalists for the 2015 European Car of the Year Award were finally announced and we have to admit that they are not exactly what we expected. Let’s just say that we have our second g...
xDrive BMW 2 Series Active Tourers Won’t Make it to Australia
27 Nov 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW is currently focused on showing the world that they can make a front-wheel drive vehicle and that you can actually enjoy it. That first FWD attempt is the 2 Series Active Tourer that just receiv...
BMW's 2 Series Active Tourer xDrive System Explained
27 Nov 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW is not new to the all-wheel drive car scene. Actually, their first car that ever sent its power to all four wheels was unveiled back in 1985 and it was an E30 325i model. However, a lot of thing...
2015 BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Tested: Here Are the Essentials
21 Nov 2014, 16:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Before you start screaming that this is not a true BMW and that pitches and forks should push it out of Munich’s production lines, let us remind you that we already know the die-hard fan&rsquo...
Plug-in Hybrid BMW 2 Series Active Tourer to Be Unveiled in 2015
14 Nov 2014, 10:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We’ve seen the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer testing its new powertrain for quite some time now, and we’ve even noticed it on the Green Hell a couple of times so we knew it was coming. What...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Gets 5-Star Safety Rating from Euro NCAP
5 Nov 2014, 15:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW’s first ever front-wheel drive model - the 2 Series Active Tourer, was just put through the tests by the European safety dog Euro NCAP. The result? Five brilliant stars for the first ever ...
Exclusive: Audi's BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Rival Coming in 2016 as A3 Qubic
3 Nov 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mercedes-Benz is doing rather well with its full lineup of compact cars based on a modular front-wheel drive platform. The GLA and CLA are probably the most popular, but over in Germany, the B-Class...
BMW Expands 2 Series Active Tourer Range with 220i, 216d, 220d and xDrive Models
31 Oct 2014, 07:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW created the 2 Series Active Tourer to appeal to a certain demographic. According to the company, the aim of the new model is to attract new customers to the brand. Their estimates say that over ...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Review
17 Sep 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Everyone is curious how BMW’s first front-wheel drive car drives but a lot of them are forgetting that we already experienced them before. That’s because the UKL platform that the 2 Seri...
BMW 220i, 220d and 216d Active Tourer Models Revealed
17 Sep 2014, 08:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / When the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer was launched, the company presented it with only three engine choices: the 218i, 225i and 218d. Today, the Germans unveiled three new options and confirmed that t...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer 7-Seater Rendered
12 Sep 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / With the new generation of front-wheel-drive cars, BMW will be looking to use the new UKL platform to the max. That means creating all sorts of variants of the cars that are to be produced, to appea...
Hybrid BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Spotted on the Nurburgring
12 Sep 2014, 12:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We’re definitely living in a weird world. After BMW launched the 2 Series Active Tourer as more of a practical car than a racer, we’re now seeing it being tested on the Nurburgring. That...
Meet the Vixen RV, BMW 2 Series Active Tourer’s American Ancestor
3 Sep 2014, 11:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Many people are still puzzled about the BMW logo showing up on a people mover, namely the 2 Series Active Tourer. We get the same joy a 3-year-old does when solving a puzzle, so we though we should ...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer 7-Seater Spotted Wearing M Sport Package
22 Aug 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We truly live in a mad world. After launching their first front-wheel drive model out into the world, BMW goes even further and creates variations of the ‘abomination’ that are even wear...
The First Ever Front-Wheel Drive BMW Gets a Launch Film
7 Aug 2014, 13:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Even though the brand aficionados expressed obvious concern and, at times disgust, about a possible front-wheel drive model, BMW launched a new model that, according to them, is not for their oldest...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer LWB Rendered
7 Aug 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Hundreds of photos and thousands of letters started pouring out on the internet once the world found out that BMW will go front-wheel drive and yet, here we are, contemplating not one but two such c...
2015 BMW 2 Series 7 Seater Spied Half Naked
5 Aug 2014, 07:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If you thought BMW is done with the front-wheel drive models for now, think again. After the 2 Series Active Tourer comes yet another model, using the same platform but offering more space in the ba...
BMW UKL Platform Could Underpin a Dozen Forthcoming Models
3 Aug 2014, 18:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Bavarian carmaker told the automotive media that front-wheel drive is the way to go for the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, many fans of the breed were skeptical about this move. However, a rec...
Making the 2 Series Active Tourer RWD Wouldn’t Have Made Sense, Says Engineer
31 Jul 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We need to realize a couple of things, right away: 20 years ago doesn’t mean in the 80s, gas prices are no longer small and BMW is making front-wheel drive cars. Show that previous sentence to...