= kind of looks like 2 series SUV inside

- interior plastics and leather look not luxury
- FWD BMW with 3cly diesels...heh.
- base car might have 6.5" (with nav) or worse possibly without nav... 8.8" is "premium nav" only. Half priced vehicles in Europe these days have 7" screens base.
- auto-brake systems seem gimped with various limitations and probably crazy high price.

+++++++ much, much, much better looking inside and outside than before
+++++++++++ looks like bmw finally.
+ more space inside makes it reasonable choice for family vehicle in Europe.
+ it will likely sell like crazy in Europe.

I could even see myself getting this with some mid-spec equipment package, s18d with 150hp and FWD.

 

I agree. The interior screamed cheap. And my parents owned a 08 Camry, I thought the materials in the X1 felt cheaper. Thin plastic everywhere. New one looks better. Hopefully they used better materials within. The GLA interior should be their benchmark.

 

So far, this interior looks much better than the GLA. I can't get over the plastic flip covers on the center console

 

The Lexus NX has a 7" screen for Navigation, where yes even a Kia Soul can get an 8" screen

I think the interior looks fine for the segment and looks like some nice stitched/soft materials on the center console down to the iDrive controller. Nice open pore type wood trim as well.

 

wow. this thing looks exactly like the previous generation, but turned it into a fwd car. i actually thought the previous X1 was a sharp looking car and the closest thing you could get to a bmw wagon if you wanted the n55 engine and decent performance.

majority of buyers of this car won't care and it will sell like hot cakes though

 

NX in Europe gets 8" screen... little cheapo Aygo gets 7" screen. Personally, I am not going to pay for premium nav which is $3.5k option here in X3. Thats way too much for X1. So yeah, I would be stuck with 6.5" screen in $40k vehicle brand new for 2016. Also, trip computer looks like from 90s, another sucking point.

It is not a big deal for most people but this is car basically being released in 2016. Way, way, way better than what we got with first X1 though.

 

The current X1 is a great car. I'm leasing X1 ultimate for my daughter, and she couldn't be happier. It is loaded up to the gills and still very inexpensive to lease. It is based on last gen 3 series, and the interior is pretty much identical to last gen 3 series in quality and design. The nav screen is kind of small, but with excellent i-drive it is very comprehensive. I would much rather take a smaller screen with i-drive over a large screen with some clusterpluck controller.

The new X1 looks great, but a wrong wheel drive BMW is just that - wrong.

 

 

Well, i will have to disagree.. old X1 is poor excuse for BMW. Only reason to get that is for the badge. I just read report on new X1 in Autobild, and they admitted how bad X1 was - poor ride, poor comfort, poor materials, poor BMW.

New might be FWD, but everything else is much, much better. I dont know who buys suv for RWD anyway, certainly not for wife/daughter.

Anyway, here is Autobild:
http://www.autobild.de/artikel/bmw-x...e-5786601.html

pic from mid-spec X1 2.0d

 

I was not expecting it to look this good based on the camo pix.

 

This maybe a crappy european model, its much nicer here in the US. I find the interior a lot nicer than the new 3 series sedan loaner that I had. I'll snap some pics when I have chance if you don't believe me. Once again, here in the US its based on the last gen 3 series sedan, and its very similar to it on the inside. Drivetrain is identical as well, its got a 4" lift and obviously wagon/suv shape. It's also surprisingly quick for a 4 cylinder.

 

Huge improvement inside and out. I'm troubled about the FWD though.

 

Looks exactly like the one I test drove in Westchester, NY. Maybe yours is a top of the line one, but a lightly optioned middle of the pack X1 costing around $39k is horrible inside. It drove nicely but I kept thinking, this interior feels like crap. I find this typical of BMWs. I test drove a 650 Grand Coupe and while the interior was nice, fell far short of comparably priced MB, Lexus, and Audi models.

Anyway, it looks like the aesthetics has improved a lot for this updated model. Hopefully The feel of the materials is better all around, too.

 

The current X1 is not that bad, I got a mid spec 28i with RWD. It is what it is, a 30k little wagon. I used it as a go around car and fun car. The steering and chassis is fun and rigid, to be honest for short trip I would take it over my 7 since it's fun, I call it the crazy rat

 

Well, BMW's have never had the most plush interiors, but you also need to compare apples to apples. The X1 is based off a last gen 3 series (car that was launched in 2006), and its interior is nothing to write home about, but certainly not "horrible" like you put. Certainly no worse than last gen C class or even current CT and RX. And even the new 3 series interior is not that much better, since some of the materials are thinner and flimsier.

However these BMW interiors are practical and have the most intuitive interface available. Compared to the i-drive everything else is either a half assed copy or a useless clusterpluck. And it has a ton of options to chose from - for instance my daughters X1 has ultimate package which includes stuff like heated steering wheel, nav, rear camera with guide lines, dimming mirrors, panoramic moonroof, and a bunch of other very nifty stuff while still being very affordable.

But most importanly with 3 series drivetrain this car drives like a proper BMW. The new X1 is going to be based off a platform that is positioned below the 3 series, most likely the new 1 Series FWD platform that is not even sold in USA. With FWD it simply will not drive like a BMW should, and don't be fooled by press photos - the interior will not look so great in person. The only two things that it will have on the current X1 are LED headlights (which are nice looking but less efficient that HID) and large screen.