I remember when I first drove the then all-new BMW X1. I approached it at first and thought it, like the then 1-Series, looked a little goofy from the front. But it wasn't until I got to its door that I realized how compact it really was.
It didn't seem much bigger than a five-door Volkswagen Golf.
To me it seemed "X enough" if that's a even a thing, but it turns out that BMW's in-house design team may have been thinking otherwise when the original X1 was conceived. In an exclusive interview with BMW's design boss, Karim Habib, Auto Express is reporting some all-new details about the second-gen X1.
Essentially, the gist is the next-gen X1 is going to get a bit more mature from a design perspective and possibly in size. In addition, it will become sportier and as Auto Express reports "funkier."
I wonder just how funky it will be. Lexus NX funky? Infiniti QX30 Concept funky?
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**Please note: our cover photo is a file photo. BMW design boss Karim Habib has confirmed the next BMW X1 will be sportier and funkier than the outgoing model, but will remain a practical car.
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“We’ve realised that platform allows us proportions that – for small X cars – can give you more ‘X-like’ proportions than the current X1. And in that sense I think it looks sportier because it looks more like an X car”, he said.
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