With the announcement of the 1.5 millionth MINI sold yesterday, MINI took some time to talk about current sales, future sales and the state of the brand at the Oxford Plant.
<p>Working for me, tho sound is out of sync…..interesting the cross-over will be built in Austria………The MINI plant, and brand do need to release more “good news” to the world press. They have a good thing going and the world should know more about it.
Here’s hoping for a MINI Speedster! or Moke.</p>
<p>People, you need to keep up! MF has mentioned the R60 being built by Magna in Austria for months and months!
As for working Monday thru Friday, we are infact working SATURDAYS as part of a normal working shift with optional Sunday overtime if volume is required! Maybe its only our Plant Director who doesn’t do weekends!</p>
<p>Billy, it doesn’t make me so confident to hear someone who works at the Oxford plant saying that build quality can’t get a lot lower at the present…</p>
<p>Why does he say “infact 1.2 million have been exported from this very plant”? That’s 300,000 less than the 1.5 million mark that they just crossed. Where were the rest made? Did I miss something..?</p>
<p>LOL over 5 million classic Mini’s are not a brand but blindly fumbling along “growing” the new Mini makes it a a brand. Don’t know what he has been smoking but its no doubt illegal in the US!</p>
<p>Great job to Mini on the 1.5 production goal however.</p>
<p>To be accurate, the Crossover will be built in the same plant as the current gen X3….as you are likely aware, the next-gen X3 is moving to Plant Spartanburg in SC.</p>
<p>To say the current X3 build quality is ‘ropey’ – would you attribute the quality issue to the design of the X3 itself, or to poor assembly methods by Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik in Austria?</p>
<p>Aww, it says the video is temporarily unavailable 🙁 I’m curious to see what they say, so I’ll try again later – with my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>One minute in, no talking about anything at all yet!</p>
<p>Sound is badly out of sync, on my player at least; odd …</p>
<p>Crossover not built in Oxford! Wonder how that will affect the “built in England” branding?</p>
<p>Working for me, tho sound is out of sync…..interesting the cross-over will be built in Austria………The MINI plant, and brand do need to release more “good news” to the world press. They have a good thing going and the world should know more about it.
Here’s hoping for a MINI Speedster! or Moke.</p>
<p>People, you need to keep up! MF has mentioned the R60 being built by Magna in Austria for months and months!
As for working Monday thru Friday, we are infact working SATURDAYS as part of a normal working shift with optional Sunday overtime if volume is required! Maybe its only our Plant Director who doesn’t do weekends!</p>
<p>A fairly content free piece of video…. Oh well….</p>
<p>Matt</p>
<p>Right, yeah – I did know that!</p>
<p>What would be interesting is to compare the build quality of the Crossover versus the Oxford build cars.</p>
<p>Build quality can’t get a lot lower @ present..</p>
<p>Build quality can’t get a lot lower @ present..</p>
<p>That makes me want to rush right out and buy a Clubman..
Why the slip in quality?</p>
<p>Around 5:57, the third interviewee is talking about “electronic MINIs” instead of electric… kinda funny…</p>
<p>Billy, it doesn’t make me so confident to hear someone who works at the Oxford plant saying that build quality can’t get a lot lower at the present…</p>
<p>what’s the inside scoop?</p>
<p>Yay it works for me now!</p>
<p>Why does he say “infact 1.2 million have been exported from this very plant”? That’s 300,000 less than the 1.5 million mark that they just crossed. Where were the rest made? Did I miss something..?</p>
<p>I’m guessing 300,000 stayed in the U.K. aka not exported.</p>
<p>LOL over 5 million classic Mini’s are not a brand but blindly fumbling along “growing” the new Mini makes it a a brand. Don’t know what he has been smoking but its no doubt illegal in the US!</p>
<p>Great job to Mini on the 1.5 production goal however.</p>
<p>The Crossover will be built in the same factory as the X3 .The X3 build quality is ropey to say the best.</p>
<p>To be accurate, the Crossover will be built in the same plant as the current gen X3….as you are likely aware, the next-gen X3 is moving to Plant Spartanburg in SC.</p>
<p>To say the current X3 build quality is ‘ropey’ – would you attribute the quality issue to the design of the X3 itself, or to poor assembly methods by Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik in Austria?</p>
<p>@<a href="#comment-263211" rel="nofollow">Billy</a>:</p>
<p>Aha! The cat is finally out of the bag!</p>
<p>I guess the embarrassing low JD Power initial quality scores are not someone’s figment of the imagination, eh Jim?</p>