Decry me as a wagon-loving European rabble-rouser if you must, but BMW’s decision to give the X1 a crossover-style makeover felt like a misstep. The original X1 always felt like a clandestine feint by the German automaker: yes, it bore the badge of an X Series, but its 3 Series underpinnings were more wagon than America’s tastes generally lean toward.

Unfortunately, US drivers refuse to take their medicine – even if as I suspect, for many, an unfashionable wagon would make more sense for them than a generally less economical crossover does – and so in its second generation the X1 gets bigger, taller, and altogether more SUV-lite.

The styling is certainly mini-X5, the upright proportions emphasized by a shorter wheelbase than the outgoing car. It’s butch and handsome, angry with its LED lights and chromed nostrils where the Audi Q3 looks haughty like a disapproving robo-butler.
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