BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer revealed – it’s a 7 seat, FWD BMW MPV

The BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer has been revealed as BMW’s take on a premium 7-seat MPV, the only ‘premium’ 7 seat MPV on the market.

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For BMW anoraks, the arrival of the front-wheel-drive 2 Series Active Tourer was bad enough, but they’re going to have a hissy fit at the prospect of BMW’s latest model – the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer.

The 2 Series Gran Tourer is the 2 Series Active Tourer that’s 214mm longer and 53mm taller but still based on the same platform that underpins the Active Tourer and the new MINI.

Looking the same as the Active Tourer at the front, the Gran Tourer gets longer back doors and a revised rear end, with a cabin that echoes that of the Active Tourer but with an extra row of seats and more room – up to 1,905 litres of stowage space with the seats down.

Under the bonnet there will be a choice of a pair of petrol engines – the 1.5 litre 3-cylinder 218i and 2.0 litre four-cylinder 220i – and three diesels – the 1.5 litre 3-cylinder 216d and the 2.0 litre with two power outputs in the 218d and 220d sDrive.

Trim levels above the entry-level will be Advantage, which adds stuff like Climate, Park Distance Control and Cruise, Sport Line, which offers sporty cosmetic tweaks including bigger alloys, Luxury Line, which gives chrome, unique alloys and leather and M Sport with the usual M Sport titivations.

Prices for the new BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer are expected to start from around £24k and rising to £35k before you touch the extensive options list.

The Gran Tourer will debut at Geneva next month and be on sale at BMW’s UK dealers in the summer.