It shouldn’t come as a surprise then, that BMW has gone two steps (or two seats, for that matter) further with the Gran Tourer, a seven-seater MPV. But while die-hard BMW fans are wailing in despair, potential BMW buyers who have been waiting for the luxury carmaker to produce a family-friendly vehicle are probably rubbing their hands in glee Take a prestige badge, add seven seats and eligibility for a Category A COE, and you have the BMW 216d Gran Tourer. You also have a formidable car for the Singapore market. MUNICH, GERMANY — BMW is best known for its sporty sedans, so the idea of a compact MPV (or Multi Purpose Vehicle) with seven seats must be a strange one to fans of the BMW 218D LUXURY AUTO GRAN TOURER 7 SEATER. 2019; 2.0 Diesel; 90,477 km; 15 hours; BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer Sport Petrol Gran Touer. 2019; 1.5 Petrol; 70,750 km No front seat Isofix; Broadly, the 2 Series Coupe is a safe car. It has a suite of software and Euro NCAP, the European authority that tests the safety performance of cars, gave it four stars out of five. It scores well for both adult and child occupant safety, but less so for general safety assist features. BMW now brings 7 seater luxury to the entry level models to make it more accessible to the mass public to afford. Spacious ride with plentiful features, the Gran Tourer brings fuel economy to the table with a diesel engine option as well. Right now, BMW’s only seven-seat choice is the X5 large SUV with the $4600 third row option. At 4556mm long and 1608mm tall, the 2 Series Gran Tourer is 214mm longer and 23mm taller than the standard Active Tourer that arrived in Australia in November to take on Mercedes-Benz’s B-Class. Described by BMW as the world’s first seven-seat First there was the BMW X5 (2007 to 2017), then Gran Tourer (2016 to 2019) and now the BMW X7 (2019). BMW X5. The BMW X5 M 7‐seater has the option to add a third row of seats (as a package). This was at a cost of just under two thousand pounds. Many second hand BMW X5s now have these third row of seats included. The X5 is only available to As before, this five-seat design sold alongside a slightly lengthier seven-seat Gran Tourer model, which also benefitted from the same package of changes. These included small updates to the engine range, styling tweaks and, perhaps most significantly, the addition of a new 7-speed auto gearbox as an option on the majority of models. ArgBy6W.