As BMW’s most reasonably priced providing in a lot of the world, the two Sequence Gran Coupe occupies a reasonably necessary spot within the lineup. The brand new 2025 BMW 2 Sequence Gran Coupe is lastly right here – arriving in showrooms someday subsequent March – and guarantees some new tech and styling. How important are the modifications in comparison with the outgoing mannequin? See for your self.
Exterior Design
It’s simple to inform the brand new and outdated 2 Sequence Gran Coupe aside, though not everybody might imagine that’s an excellent factor. Whereas the kidney grille sports activities a brand new design, its dimensions – thankfully – don’t change an excessive amount of. In any other case, the entrance finish is totally new, with new entrance bumper air inlets and extra fashionable LED lighting signatures.
It’s an identical story behind the automobile. The 2025 BMW 2 Sequence Gran Coupe will get modernized taillights and a brand new bumper design, and M235 fashions now boast quad tailpipes and up to date badging. Need to additional set your new 2 Sequence Gran Coupe other than the outdated one? BMW can also be providing Particular person finishes – beforehand unavailable on the four-door – and funky new particulars like a black-painted roof for M Sport fashions.
The 2025 2 Sequence Gran Coupe is barely barely bigger than its predecessor. Whereas the wheelbase and width of the automobile stays the identical, it grows 20 mm (seven tenths of an inch) in size. It stands barely taller, too, measuring 1,445 mm (56.eight inches), a rise of 25 mm (9 tenths of an inch) over the outgoing mannequin.
Inside Design
Inside, the 2025 BMW 2 Sequence Gran Coupe sees modifications which can be simple to identify if you happen to’re present on the brand new automobile’s appears. Gone is iDrive 7 – and the iDrive controller – as an alternative changed with the acquainted curved show and iDrive 9. The shifter vanishes in favor of the smaller-style one you see elsewhere within the lineup. BMW touts that the brand new 2 Sequence Gran Coupe additionally sports activities a totally leather-free inside, a change for the mannequin year-over-year. New ambient lighting comes commonplace and rounds out a listing of modifications that give the Gran Coupe a much-needed replace.
Efficiency
The 2025 BMW 2 Sequence Gran Coupe affords comparable engine choices because the outgoing mannequin with some significantly noteworthy modifications. All 2025 2 Sequence Gran Coupe fashions get a dual-clutch automated as an alternative of the eight-speed auto discovered within the earlier fashions. The decrease finish of the collection will get a lift in energy because of a 48-volt hybrid system, and certainly the bottom 220i now makes 170 horsepower/125 kW and 206 pound-feet (280 Nm) of torque. BMW says it accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 7.9 seconds. The outdated base automobile – the 218i – took round 9 seconds. After all, for US-market customers, this represents a extra sluggish providing than the present commonplace automobile – the 228i.
The quicker and extra aggressive M235 xDrive sees no significant efficiency beneficial properties, though BMW claims the brand new automobile takes a little bit bit longer to hit 60 mph from a standstill than the outdated one, estimating 4.9 seconds.
Know-how
As we famous earlier than, the 2025 2 Sequence Gran Coupe will get up to date iDrive 9 software program and the curved show you see elsewhere within the lineup. The iDrive controller is gone, which we expect is a little bit of a disgrace. BMW provides commonplace some new driver help options to the 2025 automobile, together with one thing referred to as Crossroads Warning. The system helps registers pedestrians, automobiles, and cyclists approaching parallel to the automobile and take corrective motion if wanted. Lively Cruise Management with Cease & Go is now accessible, too. Encompass View joins the choice checklist. Total, the 2025 BMW 2 Sequence Gran Coupe sees much more fashionable know-how than the outgoing mannequin.