BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Review - 2017 225xe iPerformance
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- We took the new BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Hybrid 225xe iPerformance for a test drive this week. As usual Daragh Ó Tuama tells us what he thinks of this hybrid vehicle in this review.
This model is the BMW 225xe Hybrid with a 1.5 liter petrol engine. It offers a top speed of 188 km/h and a 0-100 km time of 11.4 seconds. BMW says that the fuel consumption can reach a respectable 2.5 litres/100 km.
There are several options available for touch screen infotainment system. Pricing for this 2 Series Active Tourer in Ireland is expected to be in the €52,000 range.
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I´ve had a 225xe now for almost a year. It is absolutely fantastic!
I was very skeptical at first, having had big 5 series BMW´s. But this has turned out to be a very versatile allround car. It is subtle and quiet in the everyday city driving. There are chargers everywhere and I can use the electric motor about 95% of the time when in the city.
When I travel further it has a very good fuel consumption. I start off with full electric batteries which gets me about 40-50 kilometres. (I have the newer 10kW battery) Then it switches to the petrol engine. I´ve learned to utilize the settings to the fullest. I sometimes put it on "eco pro" so I can use the coasting where it disengages both engines and doesn´t regenerate power to the battery because that slows the car down.
I also take full advantage of the regenerating when going downhill and sometimes switch from "eco pro" to "comfort" to switch on and off the generator to balance the speed for example when going down maintain roads or steep hills.
The fuel consumption on long drives is about 5.5 l/100km. In the city it´s about 0-1.5 l/100km. I do take a lot of long journeys across the country for work and i did restart the on board computer right after I bought the car. Then I use the "road trip computer" for each journey to see the individual short term consumption.
The average consumption since I bought the car and after 21.000 km is 4.0 l/100km.
It is very fun to drive and great for overtaking. It has a lot of standard equipment and I´m very pleasantly surprised by how it keeps making me happier and happier.
I did have it remapped for more power. And boy oh boy does this car have potential to be a real beast!
It was good before but now it is an absolutely perfect "sleeper".
It is now 5.8 seconds doing 0-100 km/h! And it just goes on and on until after about 130 km/h it´s acceleration slows down a bit. Probably because the elecric motor stops helping around that speed.
Where I live the winters are very hard. I did have an x-drive 4x4 5 series before this one. The 225xe is an outstandingly better car in the snow! It´s bottom isn´t as spacious and have as long distance between wheels. The 5 series did have a tendency to sit on it´s "belly" and get stuck. The 225 also has a pretty high road clearance (17cm) without compromising it´s driving handling.
So, I get to use a good BMW thats good to drive without almost any fuel in the city AND I can take long journeys with a fast, comfortable car without worrying about range at all and with a very good fuel consumption.
And in the city, on my family MPV, I can whenever I want hit the "Auto Drive" and "Sport" setting and have a lot of fun with great, dynamic BMW feel to it 😎.
Could not recommend this car any more for people that want to have a practical, spacious, fun car that gets the "goods" from both worlds without worrying about range!
Would you say its still worth buying used? I can get a 3 year old with 65k miles and supposedly 10kw battery. Anything to worry about? is the electric range still good for you? I drive approx. 15-20miles max daily and occasional trip further afield. Have you had any issues with the car? Thanks
@@ImSeekingKnowledge I´ve driven the car now 30k kilometres since I bought it november 2021.
Unfortunately I had an accident on it one week ago and it is probably going to be used for parts, it got hit that bad. But the plus side is that I didn´t feel a thing and was amazed by how much of the hit was absorbed by the car.
But during this time that I´ve had it it hasn´t let me down. It if fantastic in snow, great to drive, really frisky in overtaking and such and usually has a lot of nice features included as standard.
It does make a little bit more road noise than the average BMW.
You can feel that it is a bit heavy when going over speed bumpers and such due to the heavy battery. The boot isn´t the spaciest around.. but.. In all fairness the car scores very high on almost every level.. but just doesn´t reach TOP score on any of them. But the fact that it is so good on so many levers outscores it in my opinion.
But final verdict.. Am I going to buy the same car again after mine got crashed?
No. I want to try something different next time. I feel I need a little bit bigger car.
My next choice will probably be fully electric or Hyundai Tucson diesel, which I think is a great all-round car.
Hope this helps.
PSST… The Active Tourer XE is 4x4, Front wheels are driven by petrol, while the rear is electric.
Thomas Sannes Thanks for the comment. We say that this is a 4x4 in the opening couple of sentences. When we reference FWD later in the video it's in reference to the Active Tourer in general when it was first released.
apologies if there was confusion!
Is this worth to buy in 2023?
It's carbuyers' but not guide. No thumb at this time.
Just bought one but range hasn’t shown any more than 19 miles on battery alone but that has been more like 12-14 miles in reality. Lovely to drive but that’s hugely disappointed with that. Thankfully I managed £15k off list!
Thanks for the info💯💪