The F49 will share the same UKL
front wheel drive platform as the 2 - Series Active Tourer (and yet to be launched 7 - seater version), the upcoming front wheel drive 1 - Series Sedan and the MINI range.
The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe will come in 2019 and there may be a lot of BMW fans that will get disappointed because the vehicle will take over the
UKL front wheel drive platform from the current Mini and X1.
It is based on the same
new front wheel drive platform that the A-Class, B - Class and CLA - Class is built on, and it will be accompanied by a GLA 45 AMG version as well.
Based on
the front wheel drive platform of the A Class, the GLA had its world premiere in September last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The XTS is the more logical choice upon reflection; the Continental is derived from
a front wheel drive platform as is the XTS, then both those base models have all wheel drive available.
In the beginning of 2014, as a follow up of a 40 million euros investment into a 13 000 sqm hall, commenced the production of the new 7 - speed double clutch automatic gearboxes, destined for the new compact Mercedes family, based on the new
front wheel drive platform (A, B, CLA, GLA - Class).
Forget that this car is «built on
a front wheel drive platform.»
Engine options are likely to be identical to the other cars built on
the front wheel drive platform.
That was the beginning of a whole new range of cars based on Mercedes - Benz's new
front wheel drive platform — we now have the B - Class and the CLA - Class four - door coupe as well as various AMG versions of the cars.
Fast forward two years later and we're looking at the latest instalment of cars spawning from the new
front wheel drive platform.