Robots have been building cars for years. But until now they’ve been relatively simple machines doing simple, repetitive tasks. BMW is now testing something much more futuristic and transformative; AI powered humanoid...
[UPDATE: We’ve heard from MINI that this video it not authentic and the NEDCAR facility in the Netherlands is unaffected] As you can see from the dramatic footage below MINI’s production in...
The global chip shortage that’s affecting everything from cars to computers is how now begun to affect MINIs. More specifically MINI has had to quietly eliminate the availability of at least one...
Brexit continues to cause major headaches for automakers including BMW. The parent of MINI is looking at various options for pricing and production as a no-deal Brexit looms. According to Automotive News...
MINI will shut down production in both the UK and the Netherlands due to the Coronavirus and lowering demand as sales have collapsed. The news comes after most of Europe has now...
Over the past few weeks reports have emerged about BMW’s contingency plans for MINI production around Brexit. We’ve reported that BMW intends to close the Oxford MINI the factory for weeks after...
Given the uncertainty around Brexit, MINI has decided to close the Oxford MINI factory for at least a month after the UK pulls out of the EU on March 29th. But before...
According to BMW executive Ian Robertson, MINI’s UK production is not in jeopardy. However according to Automotive News Europe, BMW simultaneously stepping up production capacity in its newly contracted production facility in...
This is new that could have a major impact on the cars we love. For decades the economic policy in the US has been to keep import tariffs low in support of...
Since we published the list of equipment changes for the 2016 Model Year, there’s been an on-going debate about rear fog lights. For those of you new to this, MINI USA has...
What was just a whisper a couple of months ago, is now a reality. Today MINI is announcing the impending end of production for the R58 Coupe and R59 Roadster. As you...
I guess 2015 couldn’t start with just good news. Sunday the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-30673439) reported that a car transporter ship was grounded in the Solent deliberately after it began to list. According to the...
Official Press Release: Lord Baker, the mastermind behind University Technical Colleges, has visited the MINI Plant in a bid to encourage more local businesses to get behind the scheme. Oxfordshire UTC, based...
Over 1 million current MINI Hatch models built at Plant Oxford between 2006 – 2013 1,863,289 total MINI Hatch built since 2001 14% of all cars built in the UK last year...
