A front-wheel-drive minivan is probably the most unlikely BMW we will consider, however the 2 Sequence Lively Tourer has been profitable sufficient to warrant a second era. The household hauler internally codenamed “U06” is out there with a number of gasoline, diesel, and plug-in hybrid powertrains, however there’s yet one more within the works. If we had been to depend on a brand new report, a 220d is months away from getting into manufacturing.

In accordance with a well known BMW insider from the Bimmer Publish boards, the longer term diesel taste of the two Sequence Lively Tourer will slot between the 218d and the 223d xDrive. It’s supposedly going to be referred to as 220d and can primarily be a mild-hybrid variant of the 218d. This front-wheel-drive diesel variant is scheduled to hit the meeting line on the Leipzig plant in Germany this July.

We’ll remind you the 218d Lively Tourer boasts a 2.0-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engine that pushes out 150 hp and 360 Nm of torque. The oil-burner is nice sufficient for a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) dash in 8.8 seconds and a high pace of 137 mph (220 km/h). If the delicate hybrid setup is something just like the 48V tech used within the 223d xDrive, the electrical motor can be good for one more 19 hp and 55 Nm. The gasoline fashions with a mild-hybrid system make use of the identical setup.

In accordance with the identical insider, BMW intends to maintain this era of the two Sequence Lively Tourer in manufacturing for an unusually very long time. It’s purportedly sticking round till October 2033, which suggests the compact minivan can have been 12 years outdated at its expiration date. There’s no phrase a couple of Life Cycle Impulse, an LCI the mechanically associated 1 Sequence and a pair of Sequence Gran Coupe are additionally skipping. Nonetheless, these two automobiles will transition to the subsequent era later in 2024.

If BMW does plan to maintain the two AT in manufacturing for therefore lengthy, certainly there can be extra updates alongside the best way. The minivan has already transitioned to iDrive 9 with the automobiles produced beginning November 2023. Tweaks to the combustion engines to fulfill more and more stringent emissions laws may very well be deliberate, particularly with the Euro 7 customary looming.

Supply: Bimmer Publish