Newly redesigned BMW X2 2024 sport utility vehicleSlightly more powerful than the previous model and featuring some more advanced technology, it has earned a Top Safety Pick rating from the world’s leading safety rating organization. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The agency said the new SUV, which recently went on sale with a base MSRP of $42,995 including destination, received good ratings for crash protection and crash avoidance.
IIHS rates vehicle performance on a scale of poor, fair, acceptable, or good. To qualify as a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must earn good ratings in two front crash test and side crash testing. The vehicle’s standard headlights on all trim levels must also be rated as acceptable or good, and the vehicle must offer a forward collision avoidance system rated as acceptable or good in testing detect pedestrians. X2 Get the highest score on every test.
The X2 still doesn’t qualify for the agency’s Top Safety Pick+ award because it hasn’t undergone the updated moderate overlap test, a new procedure that involves a dummy sitting in the driver’s seat. The higher award requires a vehicle to earn a good or acceptable rating in that test.
X2, sometimes called “baby X4,” has grown larger and heavier — about 300 pounds — than the previous generation. It comes in two flavors, the xDrive28i or the M35i xDrive. The previous model was powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that made 241 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, while the M Performance model increased horsepower to 309 horsepower. A seven-speed dual clutch with integrated limited-slip differential is equipped on the car.
By the way, the new X2, made in Germany, also provides the basis for the new Mini compatriot four doors
