![]() ![]() It's even responsive to manual inputs from the steering wheel-mounted paddles.Īlthough we doubt many Active Tourers will be driven particularly hard, it’s reassuring to find that BMW has made one of the better-handling MPVs out there. It shuffles between cogs without fuss under normal driving conditions, yet thumps through the ratios in Sport mode. We’ve no complaints about the eight-speed 'box, though. The 2.0 TDI in the VW Golf SV certainly has the BMW engine beaten for noise and vibration. There is some gruffness under hard acceleration, while you can detect a few tremors coming from the steering wheel at idle. During our test drive on sodden roads, traction was impressive, with the system quick to fire torque rearwards under hard acceleration.īut, more to the point, refinement is good if not outstanding. We doubt you’d struggle to get up to motorway speeds, even with the car loaded to the ceiling.įour-wheel drive helps accelerate the Active Tourer from 0-62mph in a claimed 7.8sec - 0.2sec faster than the lighter front-wheel-drive model. ![]() Even in this boxy body, performance is sprightly, with the engine pulling well from less than 2000rpm. Our experience with the updated 2 Series Active Tourer was limited to the 220d xDrive that’s only available with the eight-speed auto - no bad thing. ![]()
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