New BMW X2 review: Cancel your Macan!

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Mat's got his hands on the electric edition of this brand new coupe-style SUV from to see if it can compare with class leaders like the Tesla Model Y and Volvo EX30.

So for starters, let's take a look at the style. Naturally, the electrical edition of the looks the same as the petrol-powered cars and truck. There's a sloping roofline combined with an extended spoiler around the back, while the side profile is identical to the petrol-powered car. Wheel sizes range from 19 to 21 inches, and around the front this electric edition features a blanked-out grille that even illuminate at night! We're also a huge fan of the indentation on the bonnet to help make it that bit more aggressive.

Step within and the is a lovely vehicle to being in. There's a curved infotainment & digital dial display screen, with the latter being super customisable. There are soft-touch materials throughout the majority of the cabin, and the seats are quite comfy also. It's just a shame that they include manual modification buttons, specifically when you consider this automobile could cost more than ₤ 65,000! It's also an embarassment that the climate controls are done through the infotainment screen instead of having physical buttons, but they're still fairly easy to utilize.

If you're trying to find a petrol-powered X2, there are 2 versions readily available. The 20i features a 1.5-litre turbo fuel engine that can deliver 170hp and features front-wheel drive. Then there's the M35i, which comes with a 2-litre turbo engine that provides 300hp in addition to 4×4! If you want to go electrical, the entry-level includes a single motor and 204hp, while the xDrive 30 has dual motors and can put down 313hp. Both iX2s include a 65kWh battery pack and a claimed series of around 283 miles.

The entry-level X2 begins at around ₤ 42,000, while the most inexpensive iX2 starts at around ₤ 51,000. Nevertheless, if you choose a range-topper and add a number of choices, you can expect to be investing more than ₤ 65,000 on one! So is it worth it? You'll need to stick with Mat and see on your own!

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:09 Style
03:11 Rate
04:47 Interior
10:09 Back Seats
12:36 Boot
14:55 Frustrating Functions
17:43 Good Features
21:28 Batteries & Motors
22:50 Town Driving
28:51 Regen Braking
29:56 Motorway Driving
31:19 Country Road Driving
32:42 0-60mph
33:19 Decision

Comments

81 responses to “New BMW X2 review: Cancel your Macan!”

  1. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

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    1. @snm1786 Avatar
      @snm1786

      sup

    2. @dyl_nnn Avatar
      @dyl_nnn

      erm

    3. @dr-ok3sn Avatar
      @dr-ok3sn

      that’s all a bad joke? the x2 and macan aren’t even competitors at all

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@dr-ok3snthe X2 BMW looked quite worse compared to even Tuscan Speed 6 2000.

    5. @404Learning Avatar
      @404Learning

      Hahaha 😂

  2. @rajeshx09_ Avatar
    @rajeshx09_

    What the hell is that design 😦

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      The design looked like a combination of the one from GTA IV at the front and Rally Cross 2 PS1 at the back i think.

    2. @Madero775 Avatar
      @Madero775

      It’s certainly up there with the ugliest cars I’ve ever seen

    3. @conor7154 Avatar
      @conor7154

      It’s designed for the Chinese. I’m not kidding. BMW centered their entire design language around the Chinese market. The Chinese are extremely vain and materialistic and associate giant grilles with wealth which is why their make their grilles hideously large now.

    4. @rajeshx09_ Avatar
      @rajeshx09_

      @@conor7154 but why they’re targeting Chinese market?

    5. @r-xacer8112 Avatar
      @r-xacer8112

      ​@@rajeshx09_Maybe because it’s a billion people market?

  3. @rhinorl2934 Avatar
    @rhinorl2934

    the BMW designers were NOT on the same page with this one

    1. @rkitleli Avatar
      @rkitleli

      Imagine cancelling your Macan for this monstrosity

    2. @AI-Records24 Avatar
      @AI-Records24

      I think the designers are all dei hires now

    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@rkitlelicancelling Macan for the BMW X2 SUV is like a bad option.

    4. @igger562 Avatar
      @igger562

      Its a radical title in order to get views ​@@rkitleli

    5. @Stijn5 Avatar
      @Stijn5

      @@hassyg4083 Not the same class.

  4. @eestsydexo Avatar
    @eestsydexo

    It looks like it was designed by Ubisoft for the watchdogs franchise

    1. @emilgeiushov7947 Avatar
      @emilgeiushov7947

      this is, honestly, such a good comparison

    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Or even designed by Rockstar Games for Smugglers Run.😅

    3. @Excepticus Avatar
      @Excepticus

      Kind of insane how some cars in watch dogs 2 atleast are better looking than the ix2

    4. @GerbenBol Avatar
      @GerbenBol

      Hope it’s less crappy than their games.

    5. @gentlemanparrot Avatar
      @gentlemanparrot

      Even GTA V hodgepodge vehicles look much better than this X2. I hope Rockstar will improve it before including it in the game.

  5. @coldworld5 Avatar
    @coldworld5

    40k for an x2 is fucking insane. Car prices have gone insatiable for even middle class people on a decent wage

    1. @flyingmanforfun Avatar
      @flyingmanforfun

      All new cars, especially EVs are built for company leases in mind, i think its like 75% of all new EV sales here in Sweden are company leases, manufacturers know companies got alot of cash so they can literally charge you as much as they possibly want and it wont affect sales.

    2. @AnimaChronix3 Avatar
      @AnimaChronix3

      @@flyingmanforfun good point

    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      BMW X2 SUV costed 40k? Thats should’ve been lower btw.

    4. @coldworld5 Avatar
      @coldworld5

      @@flyingmanforfun true. But as a consumer it’s frustrating

    5. @spizzenergi2292 Avatar
      @spizzenergi2292

      Games are there to keep you from going mental whilst waiting for a charging point, or one that works

  6. @maydomuz Avatar
    @maydomuz

    Forget the Macan. I’ll pay extra not to see it.

    1. @mattephoto6850 Avatar
      @mattephoto6850

      BMW has gone from designing magically beautiful cars, to something that looks like they were designed in Turkey or Russia. Terribly ugly car, especially the front

    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Never forget the Macan or Cayenne or the 1971 Alpine A110S.

    3. @bavariancarenthusiast2722 Avatar
      @bavariancarenthusiast2722

      @@mattephoto6850 its getting better now – see the new “Neue Klasse” also the i5 looking better, but its sad to see this one still. The first time for a long time I will buy something else for my long distance business car

    4. @TheEchelon Avatar
      @TheEchelon

      @@bavariancarenthusiast2722 “Neue Klasse” looks abysmal. Head- and tail lights are way out of proportion and the silhouette looks generic. This coming from an industrial designer. To each their own though

    5. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      @@mattephoto6850 even Iran design cars better

  7. @Dayz3O6 Avatar
    @Dayz3O6

    65k? That is the price of the M2 from last year. wtf is going on here.

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      It could’ve been only about $33.500.

    2. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      Germans finessing

    3. @checkcommentsfirst3335 Avatar
      @checkcommentsfirst3335

      I mean who the hell buys the M version of that

    4. @checkcommentsfirst3335 Avatar
      @checkcommentsfirst3335

      @@hassyg4083 Not for this one

    5. @SuperCocosel Avatar
      @SuperCocosel

      Inflation any one?

  8. @Nitrogenlegend Avatar
    @Nitrogenlegend

    As a huge Bimmer fan, i gotta say that someone over at BMW has to be fired right now

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Definitely. The front of the X2 should’ve been changed into the one resembling BMW M3 CSL.

    2. @TheEchelon Avatar
      @TheEchelon

      Someone? Whole teams, managers etc. are responsible for designing and greenlighting these cars.

    3. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      why fan of cost cutting?

    4. @martimb.5959 Avatar
      @martimb.5959

      I dont like the new designs either, but truth is last year they had record sales, so its working out. The market likes these peculiar designs

    5. @carmencoke6339 Avatar
      @carmencoke6339

      not really. this is going to sell like crazy they sadly did a great job

  9. @logicerrormusic Avatar
    @logicerrormusic

    Imagine paying 60k for a car and you don’t have electric seats, or a wireless charger, or good plastics

    1. @ulysees321 Avatar
      @ulysees321

      And it will depreciate faster than a rock, will prob lose 30k over 12-24 months

    2. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      15k Toyota Yaris gives you radar cruise control

    3. @philippmayenburg7282 Avatar
      @philippmayenburg7282

      I actually prefer my manual seat controls, anybody feel the same?

    4. @ALI.x Avatar
      @ALI.x

      ​@@philippmayenburg7282 nah, I hate fine tuning with manual controls. It’s so much easier finding the perfect position with electric

    5. @ivanvelarde1092 Avatar
      @ivanvelarde1092

      I could live without all of that if im getting a reliable powerful engine and a beautiful design… this bmw isnt it

  10. @seaweeded Avatar
    @seaweeded

    BMW’s ability to consistently make more ridiculous designs is truly impressive.

    1. @rutger1101 Avatar
      @rutger1101

      Every time I think it can’t get any worse but it can 😂

    2. @ArslanAndArslan Avatar
      @ArslanAndArslan

      After the E designation ended on model numbers it all went down hill imo.

    3. @NotTheMaestro Avatar
      @NotTheMaestro

      The iX has to be one of the worst looking cars on the road. It’s 7m wide and has a really small boot too.

    4. @anandpushkar7510 Avatar
      @anandpushkar7510

      Hideous is the only appropriate word to describe it , the M3/4 looks like an angel compared to the new stuff

  11. @user-is6jk6nu9d Avatar
    @user-is6jk6nu9d

    No matter how big BMW fan Mat is, even he is struggle now to find good words about that brand. Can’t belive every new car from BMW is worst than the previous.

    1. @87sandyD Avatar
      @87sandyD

      Well, because he’s a BMW fan he is still quiet nice to it. If this was a Kia he would absolutely be tear it apart.

    2. @BE-ks8mm Avatar
      @BE-ks8mm

      actually he mostly talks positive about BMWs, but the X2 is an exeption

  12. @jnr2k8 Avatar
    @jnr2k8

    £65,000 with options is actually insane for a car that comes with plastic seats.

    1. @splet__ Avatar
      @splet__

      AND it’s not even the M version

  13. @arefkr Avatar
    @arefkr

    I’m convinced that BMW designers take magic mushrooms before going to work!

    1. @JaydenAndrewsTech Avatar
      @JaydenAndrewsTech

      They’ve told themselves that the BMW badge will do all the heavy lifting to sell this vehicle. It doesn’t matter how it looks.

  14. @abgingernuts Avatar
    @abgingernuts

    The LHD centre console is unacceptable

  15. @stephanos2758 Avatar
    @stephanos2758

    don’t worry about the indicator stalk being cheap. it’s not going to be used anyway

    1. @jagman999 Avatar
      @jagman999

      😂

    2. @badgastein2 Avatar
      @badgastein2

      If you don’t use indicators on the motorway the lane assistance programme kicks in and ‘grabs’ the steering wheel- not pleasant

  16. @thanosob3329 Avatar
    @thanosob3329

    65.000€ for that level of quality. Damn

    1. @jonathanalexander7036 Avatar
      @jonathanalexander7036

      £ sir

    2. @AndrewTSq Avatar
      @AndrewTSq

      It will be 30k next year.

  17. @slapknees616 Avatar
    @slapknees616

    7:25 BMW knew that the quality of the Indicator stalk didn’t matter, it will never be used anyway!

  18. @Mike-op5us Avatar
    @Mike-op5us

    Cant believe they actually left the middle console the exact same and just put the steering wheel and pedals to the right side😂

  19. @nHirsch1 Avatar
    @nHirsch1

    The spitting image of a Pontiac Aztek. The current BMW car designers are morons, so many ugly models to select from.

    1. @muckspreader1able Avatar
      @muckspreader1able

      Agree they all look ugly as hell 😂

    2. @some______guy Avatar
      @some______guy

      Nailed it. But then again, so many cars look terrible now

    3. @stebansb Avatar
      @stebansb

      Walter White bimmer of choice.

    4. @jay_chromosome7172 Avatar
      @jay_chromosome7172

      If BMW has a new design team then they need to get sacked because they have been failing us lately

    5. @jonfrench7133 Avatar
      @jonfrench7133

      sometimes a new design challenges customary and anodyne. Flame surfacing cause the same amount discontent among the followers

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