Logical style, nice finishes
Dashboard and controls
The second generation of BMW 2 Series Active Tourer It has a logical and clean design also in the passenger compartment, showing attention to detail. The long curved panel that crosses the dashboard is striking, with a large screen that combines a 10.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a 10.7-inch touchscreen. multimedia system (It’s responsive and includes a navigator, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, and many apps, like Spotify and weather apps). All the main functions of the car are controlled from here, with the risk of being distracted from driving to navigate the menus. Immediately below, a large compartment for wireless charging (which is paid for in the Premium Pack) can hold a mobile phone vertically, obscuring it so that it is clearly visible from those occupying the front seats. Among the options, there is also a file Extended head-up display Color and interior camera: the latter is in the roof and allows you to take pictures to save and download to your smartphone or display on the screen in the dashboard. But it can also take pictures independently when it recognizes the emotions on passengers’ faces. Moreover, it allows you to control the passenger compartment remotely via your smartphone; And if the alarm is activated, a visual image is automatically taken in the My BMW app.
Living
In the two front seats, space is plentiful. Seating BMW 218d Active Tourer M Sport With an extendable seat, they have fairly firm padding and very crisp sides, but they’re not that comfortable. Electric adjustment with memory for the driver’s seat is an additional. Ditto, the sliding sofa (part of the expensive travel package): no small drawback for a people carrier. On the one hand, even the standard one is very comfortable (the inclination of the backrest can be adjusted), at least for those who sit on the sides; In the middle, the seat is hard and the high tunnel in the floor is annoying.
Box
there BMW 2 Series Active Tourer It has a good load capacity: 470 liters is the declared minimum, 1455 liters with the sofa reclined, when creating a flat surface. The mouth of the mouth is wide and has a regular shape. Moreover, there is no level difference between the floor and the loading sill. The large side pockets are practical: the pockets on the left side have a luggage net.
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