BMW Group To Invest Nearly $595 Million At MINI Oxford Plant: Report
Sky News reports the BMW Group will announce an investment of £500 million at MINI's Oxford Plant in the coming weeks.
Sky News reports the BMW Group will announce an investment of £500 million at MINI's Oxford Plant in the coming weeks.
Sky News reports the BMW Group is negotiating with the UK goverment to secure £75M funding to build MINI EVs at the Oxfordshire factory.
The BMW Group has been forced to deny a report alleging the MINI Plant Oxford would be sold to China's Great Wall.
MINI and BMW celebrate 20 years since the BMW Group bought the brand and put out the first New MINI in 2001.
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BMW could be forced to move its production entirely out of the UK. MINI is already making cars in China and Austria
According to Reuters, the next generation MINI is delayed due to Brexit uncertainty. The lifespan of the current platform has been extended
2019 is a very special year for MINI. The BMW-owned brand celebrated its 60th anniversary this year and the ten millionth MINI rolls off the production line
%%excerpt%% BMW said it was continuing to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, given uncertainty around deal after several of her ministers resigned in protest.
%%excerpt%% The MINI factory in the UK will shut down for a month after Brexit at the end of March to minimise disruption in case of a no-deal outcome.
Today, Unite union has halted production of the MINI cars, the first by BMW staff in Britain. BMW urged the union to return to the negotiating table.
The Brexit effects are starting to be felt by automaker in the UK. Today, BMW UK's workers called for their first strikes in more than two decades