2018 BMW C 400 X
FIRST TEST
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t's been exactly seven years since BMW Mo-
torrad re-entered the personal-transportation
sector, after coming to the party a bit too early
back in 2000 with the, er... idiosyncratic C1; the
prices for which have since gone through the
roof—very aptly, since, of course, it had one.
BeeEm's comeback to the two-wheeled world
of urban mobility came in July 2012, with the
advent of its maxi-scooter duo, the C 650 GT
and C600 (since uprated to C650 Sport). Their
parallel-twin engines were and still are made
in China by Loncin—BMW's established Asian
partner, which had from 2009 onwards also
produced the G 650 GS single-cylinder motor-
cycle's 652cc engine. The German manufac-
turer's steep pricing for its twist-n-go twins hasn't
deterred 70,000 examples of them from finding
We test BMW's latest entry into
the world of urban mobility
Midsize Maestro?
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL KRAUS & ARNOLD DEBUS
