MINI UK Sales

BMW Planning MINI Production in China

According to Automotive News BMW and Great Wall Motor are in talks to begin MINI production in China. This would mark the first time that modernMINIs have been produced outside of Europe...

Oxford MINI Factory

Unions to Vote on Strike at MINI Plant Oxford

In a potential blow to 2017 plans, employees are to vote Friday on whether they should strike at MINI Plant Oxford due to a change in retirement benefits. The Guardian has this...

BMW Testing Wearables & Other Technology to Advance Production

Official Release: The BMW Group continuously optimizes production processes at the BMW Group plants, drawing on the opportunities arising from digitalization. Complex processes in production can be made even more efficient by...

Fresh Out of the Factory MINIs Lost at Sea

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...

MINI Begins Production in the Netherlands

The following report is from long-time MotoringFile contributor Berthil van Beek A lot of effort was done to make the opening a real party for all involved and especially the factory employees...

BMW to Build MINIs in Mexico?

It doesn’t take a mathematician to understand that building MINIs in the UK isn’t ideal if your biggest market is in the US. With currencies being what they are, it’s always made...