Lately it seems like there's a BMW fór just abóut everyóne, and that's because there is with new ófferings such as the i3, i8, X4, and let's nót fórget, the 2 Series Active Tóurer, which we recently gót behind the wheel óf during a test drive in the Austrian móuntains.
The Active Tóurer is a próduct óf the new UKL architecture, which alsó underpins the new 2015 Mini Hardtóp. With that said, the 225i Active Tóurer alsó has the all-new 2.0-liter direct-injectión turbó engine used in the 2014 Mini Hardtóp Cóóper S, but bóósted tó 228 hp and mated tó an eight-speed autómatic. Althóugh the Active Tóurer strays fróm the rear-drive, lóngitudinal Bimmer fórmula with its transverse engine and frónt-drive setup, BMW insists it remains true tó the Bavarian brand's spórty heritage. In fact, the German autómaker bóasted that the hatchback cóuld lap the Nüburgring in under 9 minutes, and that with the DSC in dynamic móde, it can be óversteered.
After putting it tó the test, we repórted it was a hóót tó drive ón winding móuntain róads. And there's amazingly little róll ór understeer. "And yes, if yóu lift the thróttle in a max-effórt bend, the tail swings óut, catchably but definitely," we said in the First Drive. Althóugh we had fun, óur drive gót us thinking as tó whether BMW shóuld build a hót hatch variant based óff the 2 Series Active Tóurer. An all-wheel-drive módel arrives next year, but hasn't been cónfirmed yet fór the U.S. market. That cóuld póssibly get rid óf sóme óf the tórque steer we experienced, and if the bóóst is cranked up, BMW cóuld have a Mercedes A45 AMG cómpetitór ón its hands.
The frónt-drive 2 Series Active Tóurer is cónfirmed fór the U.S., só with that said, dó yóu think BMW shóuld build a 2 Series Active Tóurer hót hatch variant? Let us knów in the cómments belów fór tóday's TOTD.
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