Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...

225xe Sport Premium auto 5d (1 Jul 2019 - 6 May 2020) £200.00 £110.00 N/A 40-42 (Band B) 225xe Sport Premium auto 5d (2 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019) £200.00 £110.00 N/A 52-57 (Band C) 225xe M Sport Premium ...

BMW 225xe Active Tourer is an interesting plug-in hybrid that boasts all-wheel-drive and up to 165 kW of system power, with a 0–100 km/h (62 mph) time of 6.7 seconds. The electric motor sits in the ...

The BMW Connected Drive integration is now quite stable for my BMW iX, but for the BMW 225xe it fails every day. All the sensors become unavailable. It seems that when the car starts charging, the ...

You have to look hard to tell a 225xe apart from a purely petrol or diesel-engined Active Tourer, because the only changes are the badges and a charging flap on the front wing. Plus, by putting the ...

Back in 2015, BMW’s 2 Series Active Tourer brought front wheel drive and MPV versatility to the Bavarian maker’s line-up. In 2018, this ‘F45’-generation model was lightly updated and made a little ...

When it launched in 2014 the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer was met with fairly vicious criticism, especially by BMW fans. It wasn't exactly surprising given that the Active Tourer was a front-wheel-drive ...

The 2 Series Active Tourer is just 2cm longer than a 1 Series hatchback, but thanks to its higher roofline it’s much more practical. As well as being able to seat seven, the Gran Tourer can carry up ...

It depends on your home electricity tariff but, as a guide, someone paying 14p/kWh will pay around £1 to fully charge a BMW 225XE at home. I own a Ford Kuga Titanium PHEV. Is it cheaper to charge the ...

BMW only recently redesigned the X1. With the plug-in hybrid X1 xDrive25e, another model variant of the compact SUV is now coming onto the market. Until now, the X1 was only available as a hybrid ...