MINI
It looks like no matter what the outcome of the entire Brexit saga, BMW is determined to pause its Oxford production on October 31st and November 1st. At least that’s what the company said to…
Gabriel Nica / September 25, 2019
MINI
At the 2018 Paris Motor Show, BMW CEO Harald Krueger said that a hard Brexit would force BMW to move some of its UK MINI production to the Netherlands. “I told (UK Prime Minister Theresa May…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 4, 2018
News
To be fully prepared for Brexit, BMW has been holding training sessions for suppliers near its factories in Munich and Oxford, England, to make sure they are ready for the customs clearance procedures BMW suspects they…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 10, 2018
MINI
New York Times reports that BMW is currently favoring the Oxford MINI plant as the location for building an electric version of the MINI. “If MINI became a fully electric brand in the long run, and…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 19, 2017
MINI
BMW CEO reiterates MINI pull-out Brexit threat
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: May 18, 2017
MINI
The MINI brand may build its first electric car in the Netherlands and not its its main plant in Oxford, England, Automobil Produktion reports. The first series production electric MINI is scheduled to launch in…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 2, 2017
MINI
Today is a big day for those working at MINI’s Oxford plant, the production facility celebrating the assembly of the 3 millionth car since 2001 when BMW took over. The lucky car number 3,000,000 was…
Gabriel Nica / December 2, 2016
MINI
BMW board member Oliver Zipse told Reuters that there is no need for the Bavarians to decide now on the future of its MINI plant in Oxford. The Brexit vote in June left anyone wondering…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 27, 2016