After the all-new 1-Series, BMW is getting ready to launch its more practical version, the 2-Series Gran Coupe that, just like the hatch, will be based on the FWD UKL platform.

That much we know since March, when Munich teased the upcoming compact four-door sedan. According to CEO Harald Kruger, the 2 GC “builds on the latest BMW front-wheel drive architecture and shares a multitude of technological developments with the new 1-Series”, with its launch due for the LA Show in November and sales set to commence in 2020.

“This is our Cluster Architecture. This is in our rear-wheel drive cars, from the 2 successor up to the X7”, Frohlich commented, shedding some light on what to expect in the near future.

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However, the Coupe variant might bear the 2-Series moniker but will, in all likelihood, be a very different model, and this came from none other than chief designer Klaus Frohlich. While while talking to AutoExpress about the upcoming, all-electric i4 compact saloon, hinted that the 2-Series Coupe will use BMW’s rear-wheel drive CLAR platform.

So, things are pretty clear: the 1-Series, 2-Series, X1/X2 pair (and various MINI models) will be based on the more cost-effective, and space efficient, UKL platform, while the new 2-Series Coupe, as well as the 3, 4, 5 etc., plus the larger SUVs, will use the CLAR which stipulates that the same bulkhead be used, but allows for changes in all dimensions, including the wheelbase, to accommodate the different shapes, sizes and segments of BMW’s armada.

What will be common with the rest of the range will be the engine lineup; or, at least, some of them, with a prime candidate for the 2-Series Coupe being the turbo four that kicks out 306 PS (302 hp / 225 kW) and 450 Nm (332 lb-ft) of torque in the 1-Series and X2 M135 – and, quite likely, the 2-Series Gran Coupe too.