BMW has had a remarkably eventful year with numerous product launches, yet the year’s excitement is far from over. The team in Munich is gearing up to reveal another model. This fall, the 2025 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, marking the second generation of the rakish sedan, will be unveiled with very few surprises. We have already glimpsed the new 2 Series Gran Coupe through numerous spy photos and patent images, providing a solid foundation for the renders shown here.
Yes, we think it s going to look like a 1 Series with a trunk. That s to be expected, right? Our design exercise is based on the king of the hill “ the M235. The rear badge might look strange but that s how BMW does it with the new M135. The M and 1 have the same size while the 3 and 5 are slightly smaller. To the untrained eye, that makes the hot hatch look like an M1. It should be the same story with the M Performance version of the 2 Series Gran Coupe but that won t make it an M2 by any stretch of the imagination.
We believe the F74 will also have X2-esque taillights, echoing its F70 hatchback sibling. The 2 Series Gran Coupe is going to soldier on as a sedan. Some of us would ve wanted a more practical liftback body style like the 4 Series Gran Coupe and its tailgate. Much like the new X2 will indirectly replace the X4 after the latter runs its course, the 2 GC could supersede the 4GC later this decade. We re hearing BMW won t do another generation, at least not with combustion engines.
Speaking of ICEs, the new four-door 2 Series is likely to have the same three- and four-cylinder engines as the latest 1 Series. Similarly, it should inherit the dual-clutch, seven-speed automatic transmission, along with mild-hybrid tech for some of the powertrains. BMW won t be making a plug-in hybrid or a fully electric version for that matter.
Following its premiere this fall, the new 2 Series Gran Coupe will enter production in November. A separate long-wheelbase version ( F78 ) will be produced in China from January 2025. That car will replace the lesser-known 1 Series Sedan that has already been discontinued.
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