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The Brexit saga is far from over and a new report from Reuters comes to emphasize that. According to them, the next generation MINI is delayed due to the Brexit uncertainty. The current MINI hatch…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 31, 2020
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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
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The scheduled shut down of the MINI plant in the UK started today, despite the Brexit delay. The move was planned over six months ago to help BMW deal with any disruption resulting from Brexit. Shutdowns…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 1, 2019
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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. In a statement, BMW said that its summer…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 18, 2018
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BMW Favors Oxford as Place to Build Electric Mini
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: July 19, 2017
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Earlier this year, BMW Group has expressed its consideration to building its 2019 electric model in Germany due to concerns relating to Brexit. Last week, at the BMW’s annual meeting in Munich, BMW CEO Harald Kruger…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 18, 2017
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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, testing their bargaining power amid mounting concerns about Brexit’s…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 5, 2017
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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
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In 2001, the MINI brand launched its brand-new MINI hatch from its Oxford plant and as since sold over 2.5 million MINI vehicles. In its first year open, MINI sold nearly 40,000 cars worldwide, by 2015…
Nico DeMattia / June 20, 2016
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander giving the ceremonial go-ahead for the MINI production on the occasion of the reopening of VDL Nedcar’s Born plant. MINI production volume at VDL Nedcar to reach a five-digit range as early…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 17, 2014
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The new MINI Hatch, which celebrated its production start at the MINI plant in Oxford in November 2013, will also be built in the Netherlands from summer 2014. The BMW Group confirmed the start of…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 17, 2014