BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Diesel

Friend drives 225e variant he bought last year in november, drive not smooth everytime have sound and rattling when braking. Very annoying and pml refuse to solve

I have been driving a B&B (Toyota Altis) car for the last 9 years and wanted an upgrade. Looked through various models including MPVs (C4 Grand Picasso, Wish), SUVs (Subaru Forester, Harrier..) and mid-range sedans (Mazda 6, Accord and Camry) but decided that the 216D AT hits the sweet spot of being the right size (spacious boot, sufficient leg room for rear passengers and not having to drive a big 7 seater to work daily when me and wife are the only passengers during weekdays), features, safety, FC.

What can you ask for - a 10s century sprint for a diesel car? No other 1.5/1.6 l diesel car can beat this. Can even go 1000 km mileage for full tank with a A4 size 3 Cylinder engine like the ford 1.0l engine. Coupled with a Toyota gearbox for more reliability and many luxury features like lane departure warning, pedestrian and front collision warning, speed limit info, parallel auto parking, reverse cam, etc. However, other optional features should be standard like cruise control (limiter sucks) and larger screen.

If we cast aside the notion of what BMWs should look like, this is one of the sportiest looking new mini-MPVs around.

Inside, you certainly get the feel you're in nothing less than a luxurious BMW, though the high headroom gives the car a narrow proportion, despite being almost as wide as a 3-Series. Build inside is of high quality with the usual soft-touch materials everywhere. Most amazing is the space. Front and rear legroom put the 3-series to shame and could even surpass the 5-series. However, the driving position is high unlike a saloon car so finding the a sporty sitting+steering position is a challenge. The rear seats are at a good height for putting a baby into it's seat.

For the price, the specs of this car can rival it's more expensive RWD brethren. You can read about the features in the other reviews. Perhaps satnav could have been standard to bring the equipment list full-circle.

Handling at legal speeds is probably as good as the larger BMWs, given it's weight. Despite being an FWD, the e-LSD (yes it has one!) minimises understeer and truly sharpens your turn like a hot hatch. I've read turning off DSC will give some real thrill in the corners but that's not why you buy this in the first place. Nevertheless, it delivers true BMWness to an FWD car, if there ever is such a thing (Mini?).

Finally, we come to the power. With 270Nm torque, you will sprint ahead of most Japanese NA cars at the traffic light. Just don't extend the battle beyond 85km/h as the stock engine starts to get wheezy by then.

Even though this is an entry level bimmer, there are lots of features included. I think this is one of the most stylist MPV around with a premium badge.

What attracts me is the powerful features that is in the ride.

safety features

- lane departure

- collision warning

Styling

- White xenon lights with standard halogen fog

- White led welcome lights on doors

- chageable ambience lights in cabin

- kick football style open tail gate

Design

- Very nice looking front

- slope n curvy front n side door panels

- slide able Rear seats which means u could expand boot space if needed or widen the rear seats if I have tall passengers.

- back rest of rear seats can be tilt too!

FC - Unbelievable! 50$ worth of diesel gives me 900km.

What I don't like abt the car is I feel the paint is a bit too soft. Easily gets chip on paint.

I really like the new bmw 2 series active tourer diesel. If you are in the market for a large family car i think you should take a good long look at this one.

looks wise i think its a pretty good looking car. Big cars tend to generally not look very nice, but the bmw looks pretty slick. Inside, its also high on quality and comfort. Equipment wise is quite standard for bmw, nothing really lacking. Interior space is also really good.

this car actually turns to be quite fun to drive. Ride comfort is good when travelling on highway speeds. The car also handles surprisingly well given its size. The biggest gripe would probably be the engine. Although it is actually quite punchy, it does lack some refinement. But other than that, fuel economy is also really good. I like it.