This year marks the 20th since BMW took over the MINI brand and launched a revamped model. It’s an important milestone for everyone involved and even the Royal Family acknowledged that. To this end, His…
BMW recently announced that it plans to phase out internal combustion engines from the MINI line-up in the future. The British brand will be selling electric-only models starting from 2030 and that’s all done in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
