BMW X1

摘要

If there's one thing BMW's X1 isn't, it's late to the party. While the Range Rover Evoque, our SUOTY winner two years ago, got the ball rolling in the compact luxury sport/ute segment, the BMW X1 was built to go head to head with competition that hasn't yet arrived in the U.S. (Audi Q3) or anywhere for that matter (Porsche Macan, Mercedes GLC). Not only that, the base X1 is now the cheapest BMW sold Stateside, making it the current entry point to a brand that prides itself on driving fun. Good thing the X1 has just that in spades. Per Reynolds: "This reminds us that, when BMW doesn't have the budget to spend on complex systems and extra power, what you wind up with is something closer to an actual BMW."