The jacked-up estate car looks of the original car have been replaced by a much more conventional crossover bodystyle, with a higher roofline, beltline and seating position. The most apparent change with this new X1 is a proportional one. The Chinese market benefits from a long-wheelbase version of the X1, with the UK unlikely to ever see an X1 L.
BMW X1 XLINE 2019 SERIES
The transversely engined, predominantly front-drive UKL platform underpins its third series-production model for the BMW Group after the Mini hatchback and BMW 2 Series Active Tourer MPV, and atop sits a body widely rethought for more recognisable SUV looks and significantly better practicality. To achieve that aim, there’s a new platform, new engines and all kinds of new on-board and all-round systems technology at play here – all going towards repeating the sort of European sales domination that BMW has produced with some of its executive saloons. Building a good X1 is probably more vital than leading the market with any of the firm’s luxury or sporting models. In the six years since the launch of the original X1, the crossover market has mushroomed to the point where it has become more important than most of the more traditional segments in which BMW can draw on established experience and strength.
What, you can’t help but wonder, would happen if BMW made a good one? It certainly needs to.
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