 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I do new car truck and SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2020 BMW X2 courtesy of Apple BMW in York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. Wanted to take a spin in this one because this is a very good looking SUV slash crossover whichever you want to call it. And it's relatively affordable too. And there was actually one major change for the 2020 X2 this year as well. So what do you say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be a few different trim levels for the 2020 X2. First one being the S drive 28i starting at $36,400. Then you have the X drive 28i starting at $38,400. And the M 35i starting at $46,450. And so having said that you can probably imagine there are two different engine options to go along with those trim levels. First engine option is going to belong to the two trim levels that have the 28i in them. And powering those two trims is going to be a two liter twin power turbocharged inline four cylinder 228 horsepower at 5,000 RPM, 258 pound feet of torque. They'll put around 1,450 RPM power either sent to the front wheels for the S drive or all wheels for the X drive. They're an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters only if you go with the M sport package for either of those two. So that's how you're going to get that. But nonetheless, zero to 60 time comes in at approximately 6.3 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 24 in the city, 32 highway for the front wheel drive configuration, 24 city, 31 highway for the all wheel drive. So really you just drop one mile per gallon on the highway with the all wheel drive which makes me think everybody is going to buy the all wheel drive version of this one. But nonetheless, before we do any kind of acceleration in the X2, I did want to mention there are some drive modes that come standard on the X2. That drive mode button is located directly to the left of the shifter and they will include eco pro comfort and sport adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. And so having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and put it in sport and it did immediately downshift for me. So it is going to hold the RPMs at a much higher level giving me more power on demand. So that's always a good thing especially when you're merging onto the highway but having said that, what do you guys say? Let's do a quick little acceleration here in the X2 and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, here you guys get onto a straightaway kind of here and let's go. Okay, there it is. Oh my gosh. All right, definitely a little bit of turbo lag at the beginning, but after it kicks in, dang, it pulls hard. Definitely a very nice acceleration after you get past the little bit of turbo lag at the beginning at least. But that was fun. To go along with that acceleration as always though, braking is equally important. So when it comes to braking on the X2, you will find four wheel ventilated disc brakes, which is all pretty standard, but really the impressive number when it comes to the X2 as far as braking goes is the 60 to zero stopping distance comes in at 111 feet, which is insanely impressive. For example, the X1 does it enough, like 122 feet. So this does it quite substantially quicker than that. So it's a very good number when it comes to 60 to zero stopping distance at least. And having said that, having to turn right there, there is no brake pedal delay or anything like that. So as you can imagine, braking feel is perfectly fine in the X2. Now touching on suspension and handling though, strut type front suspension, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars, gas pressure eyes, shock absorbers, and let's touch on the M35i trim a little bit. That one's actually going to add an M Sport suspension, which is actually optional on the 28i. It goes for $400 if you wanted to still get that. M Sport steering as well, but having said that, if you put it in the sports steering mode on the 28i that we have here today, it still has a very nice weight to it, definitely on the heavier side of things, which is hard to find in SUVs these days. So I definitely appreciating the steering feel in the XDrive 28i that we have here today. So that's definitely nice. Ride quality, is it pretty much as expected? You can feel a little bit more of the road than let's say the X5, which I kind of recently got done reviewing here. But having said that, it is kind of a compact crossover SUV. So it's pretty much as expected. As far as the ride quality goes, cabin noise is kind of the same thing. You hear a little bit more of the road noise when you're on the highway. Not hearing much of it right now, because I'm in a residential neighborhood going kind of slow, but still. It is again, par for the chorus, I guess you could say. So really no issues there for me either. Touching on visibility, this is where it's, I gotta say, sub par for the chorus. Visibility is definitely not all that great, but that's because of the shape. It's a good looking crossover SUV. The roof line is tapered down at the back. So whenever that happens, you are not going to get as good a visibility as let's say the BMW X1. That is going to be more of a boxier shape. That's going to give you a little better visibility if you were comparing those two. But having said that, you still get rain sensing windshield wipers here on the X2, meaning when the X2 detects any kind of rainfall or mist, it's going to automatically turn on the windshield wipers. One less thing you have to worry about there. And there is a head up display. It actually comes with the premium package that gives you $1400, by the way, but that's going to project your speed and the speed limit up on your windshield to better help you keep your eyes on the road. So once again, that's going to assist with visibility as well. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2020 BMW X2. All right, here she is, you guys. The 2020 BMW X2 finished in mineral gray metallic. In case anybody was curious, that is a $550 option, by the way. But if you liked it, that's what the color is called. So let's go ahead and start up front on this one though. Up front in typical BMW fashion, you have that active kidney front grille, LED headlights to the sides with cornering lights. And of course, those headlights do come with the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark out at night, they do turn on automatically for you. So one less thing you have to worry about there. LED daytime running lights, also standard LED fog lights as well. And did want to mention the front end is going to differ slightly, depending on what setup that you go with. You have matte black accents. If you go with any of the 28 eye trims that you are currently looking at right now or body colored accents. If you go with the M35i, however they are less apparent in this mineral gray metallic exterior, but I do want to mention that nonetheless. And make your way to the side on this one, satin aluminum window surrounds coming standard, black window surrounds coming with the M Sport X package, or the M35i rear privacy glass coming standard. Then when it comes to the side mirrors, they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will come heated with integrated turn signals actually. All of that coming standard across the board. Taking a look down at the wheels setup, 18 inch Y spoke alloy wheels is the standard configuration for the 28 eye trims. 19 inch double five spoke wheels coming with the M35i as expected. But perhaps my favorite part about the X2 at least is the BMW logo found on the C pillar in the back there. Quite often you always find them in the front and the back of vehicles, but you almost never find them on the C pillar in the back. That's quite cool. It's definitely unique, something you don't see that often, which is why I particularly absolutely love it. So I of course did want to mention that matte black side skirts coming standard. That's what we have right now. Body colored and gray accenting on the side skirts. If you go with the M35i or the M Sport X package, did want to also mention, if you were looking for roof rails on the X2, that is a $250 option. They are satin aluminum roof rails too, if you wanted to go that route. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the back on this one. Shark fin antenna coming standard of course, rear spoiler with an integrated brake light around back there. Rear window wiper as well. Of course to the sides you have LED tail lights as expected and just below it all, dual exhaust outlets with very bright chrome tips. You gotta love it. So you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. It's something else since we are around back when it comes to opening that rear liftgate, let me start by saying the cool way to do it is the BMW logo located on that rear hatch actually doubles as a way to open that rear hatch. And it is a power liftgate by the way, so you can use the key fob if you wanted to or you can simply just kind of press it in and it opens up itself. Kind of like Volkswagen's do, except you have to lift up on these and this is a power liftgate. So that's the difference I guess, but it's pretty cool. Nonetheless, once opened up cargo capacity is gonna come in at 21.6 cubic feet behind that second row. With that second row folded down that comes in at 50.1 cubic feet. So it's still more cubic feet-ness. I knew that's not a word than the Mercedes-Benz GLA but not quite as much as the BMW X1. So it depends on what you're looking for I guess. But nonetheless, you do have a 12 volt power outlet back there. There is some cargo lighting and some in-floor storage. All of that pretty much as expected for this. Then make your way to the rear leg room that is going to come in at 36.7 inches. So for reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. There is also a rear seat center armrest back there. Rear ventilation, 12 volt power outlet for those rear passengers as well. And there's also rear ventilation back there and two phone charging ports actually as well if you wanted to use them. But make your way to the front seats. Eight-way power adjustable front seats come standard. They do come with memory settings. Two-way power adjustable driver seat bolsters as well. That is one of my favorite parts about really the BMW X1 and the X2. Those power side bolsters are absolutely amazing. They really hug you in place regardless of your body shape because they're completely adjustable. It's so amazing. Definitely holds you in place in the back roads if you wanted to have a little extra fun there. Heated front seats go for $550. It's a standalone option unless you get the premium package in which case they come with that. Heated steering wheel comes with that package as well. I'm gonna take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped. You can get it heated like I just mentioned. That is optional. When it comes to the startup, let me first start by showing you guys the key here. You do have lock unlock. That button will pop the rear hatch. And by the way, the lock button is the BMW logo located in the middle of the key there in case anybody was curious. But you actually don't even need the key. Kinda do, just leave it in your pocket though. It is all keyless entry. So simply just walk up to the X2 here, put your front on the brake and press that engine start button located just by the driver's right knee there. It's simple once started up. When it comes to the gauges, you do have your speedometer on the left. Tachometer is on your right. You also have information like your outside temperature, how many miles you'll have left until you hit empty. And the drive modes will adjust some of that gauge display up there as well. And it'll let you know what drive mode you're in actually too. But so then when it comes to overall interior quality, anthracite headliner comes standard on the X2. Panoramic moonroof comes with the premium package, which we do have today. So I can show you that. That's pretty cool. Universal garage door opener also coming with the premium package is gonna be located on the rear view mirror for up to three different garage doors. And that's always a big plus because the alternative is that rattling garage door opener that you stick on the sun visor and that at highway speeds can rattle quite a bit and kind of get annoying. At least that's my personal experience on that. Wireless phone charger can be added for an additional $500. But perhaps my favorite part about the interior quality is the ambient lighting, which can be controlled using the tech display. But there's several different colors, orange, bronze, white, green, blue, lilac. And it just makes this thing look so much cooler at night. It's gonna be kind of hard to see here in this video because I'm shooting it at one in the afternoon so it's still daytime. But at night, this is gonna look absolutely freaking amazing. So ambient lighting is my favorite part about the interior quality. But of course you have soft touch materials everywhere. They're stitched leather up top here. 12-volt power outlet with some storage just in front of the cup holders. Lecture mechanical parking brake. And as far as the center arm rescues, it's one of the cooler things. It is completely adjustable. It locks into place by like a million different settings I feel like so you can really set it higher or lower. That is one of the cool things that they wanna forget to mention because that definitely makes cruising in the X2 perhaps on the highway a lot more comfortable than it otherwise would have been. A lot of SUVs don't come with adjustable armrests like that so that's pretty cool. And you do have some storage in there, phone charger as well so that's definitely nice. But let's now go ahead and make our way to the tech display on the X2 here. 8.8 inch high resolution color touch screen display. Come standard, that is the major change for the 2020 X2 because previously the standard setup was actually a 6.5 inch color touch screen display in 2019. So now for 2020, you have the standard 8.8 inch color touch screen display. So that's pretty darn cool up there. You can control it through the touch screen like I said, it is controlled by voice activation as well there is a circular dial and buttons just behind the shifter. It's a bunch of different ways you can check out what's up there. Of course Bluetooth and audio streaming come standard Android Auto and Apple CarPlay meaning if you have a smartphone, hook your smartphone up to the X2, you have free navigation up there as well as the ability to like and dislike your Pandora songs. You can also check out the weather up there, factory navigation system actually comes standard. Again you can check out your ambient lighting settings up there, that's definitely a big plus. Drive modes are displayed up there when you switch them up next to the shifter there. Climate control information and your radio information and here's the fun part for me. Let's go ahead and test out the sound system. The standard sound system by the way comes with seven speakers, 205 watts. There is an optional Harman Kardon sound system that we don't have today, but I did just test out that same sound system in the X1. It was amazing ton of bass there. But we do have the standard seven speaker sound system here, so what do you say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio and see what we've got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. I did double check that it was in the Harman Kardon sound system because that was a ton of bass well more than I expected. That was actually pretty nice. Not quite as good as the Harman Kardon. Bowers and Wilkins is still my favorite sound system of all time, but that was a very nice sound system for the standard setup there. But the last thing I wanted to mention on that tech display at least is when you do put the X2 in reverse, you will find a rear view camera that comes standard across the board, letting you know who or what is behind you, which is always is going to lead us into safety. It's the first thing I wanted to mention when it comes to safety, the 2020 BMW X2 is an IIHS top safety pick, which basically says it all right there to start. Front side, side coronary bags come standard in the back of latch, AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats. Tire pressure monitoring system also comes standard, but there's actually a ton of advanced safety features that come standard on the X2 as well, including daytime pedestrian detection, frontal collision warning, city collision mitigation, lane departure warning, speed limit recognition, automatic high beans, and adaptive cruise control as well. And as I want to mention, there is a parking assistance package that goes for $200, essentially where the X2 parks itself. So that's out there for you too if you wanted it. And so when it comes to my final thoughts of the X2, a very good starting price point for a BMW especially, just like the BMW X1, very fun acceleration minus the slight bit of turbo lag, but I'm telling you, once that kicks in, you're freaking flying. There's absolutely no issues of merging onto the highway. That made it fun once it kicked in. Trade off with the X2 at least is probably gonna be the rear visibility. And I think everybody is going to agree with me there. If you wanted more visibility though, just simply go with the X1. You're still getting in a BMW at a relatively inexpensive price point, maybe not as good looking as the X2 in your opinion, but that's kind of the trade off. More of a swoopy roof line, less visibility, it's how it works. But all in all, a very solid pick here. Definitely enjoyed reviewing and driving this one. That is about it for this one you guys though. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there. If you like, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay cool, I don't know what that was, sorry. Stay gold. ["Snowball"]