Plant Hams Hall. Outdoor Shots.Pylon Plant Hams Hall.Plant buildings and surroundings.Main office building.

Cylinder head assembly: Removal of camshaft bearing caps.Main engine assembly: Fitment of con rods.Main engine assembly: Automated assembly of cylinder head cover, eccentric shaft sensor, water pump and thermostat.Automated end function test (cold test).Quality check: camera station.Sub-assembly of turbo charger (MINI Cooper S).Attachment of MINI logo to engine cover.

Pylon Plant Swindon.Outdoor shots buildings.

Decoiling.Tri Axis Blanker with new tracking system.C3 producing MINI panels.Tri Axis 2 press.

Robot cells.

Associates inspecting panels for quality.

Dispatch deck-loading of panels for delivery to Plant Oxford.

Pylon Plant Oxford.MINI flags in front of the main entrance.Quality and Engineering Centre with MINIs in front.Final assembly building and pan to paint shop.Quality and Engineering Centre and paint shop in the background.

Robot stations: Joining and welding of front end.Finishing line: Body shell enters the first station.Finishing line: Associate welding the body shell.Finishing line: Associate checks the spot welding.Finishing line: Aligning of bonnets and tail gates.Finishing line: Body shell leaves the line.Metrology and quality measuring: Inline measurement of body shell with robots.

Two associates walking along a hall in the paint shop.Base coat application by robots.MINI entering oven.Application of contrast roof.Final quality check of coating surface.Polishing area: Associates polish the coating surface.

Interior fitment on the assembly line.Installation of instrument panel.MINI leaves the assembly line.Rear damper assembly.Robot Station: Rear axle installation.“Marriage”: Automatic insertion of the drive unit to the body.

Final engine check: Associate starts engine.Testing the anti braking system.Polishing bonnet and tail gate.Attachment of MINI logo to the bonnet.Associate enters MINI, starts the engine and leaves the final finish line.

MINI at road simulation rig test.

MINIs driving on the test track (sine waves).MINIs driving the test track.

1. What exactly is the MINI Production Triangle? How many jobs have been created? The MINI Production Triangle in the UK consists of our three British production facilities at Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford. With a total of 6,350 associates, these three facilities will be joining forces to produce the new MINI, a figure set to increase to 6,800 when production reaches full capacity, with Plant Swindon providing the pressings and sub-assemblies while Hams Hall supplies petrol engines. Here in Oxford we remain responsible for body shell production, paint and final assembly. The MINI Production Triangle means we can further increase the capacity, flexibility and efficiency of MINI production. Maximum production capacity is set to increase from 200,000 up to 240,000 units a year in the medium term. About 60 percent of the new MINI components are sourced from UK-based suppliers. For the previous model that figure stood at just 40 percent. 2. How much money was invested into the different plants? How do customers stand to benefit from the MINI Production Triangle? The BMW Group has invested a total of almost £200 million in the UK's MINI Production Triangle with its plants in Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford. MINI customers will benefit both from the increased capacity and from the greater flexibility in the MINI Production Triangle: Our increased production capacity of 240,000 units per year will put us in a much better position to satisfy the huge demand for our cars from across over 70 MINI markets worldwide. At the same time increased flexibility means that in future we can respond even better to the expectations of our customers by providing them with personalised MINI cars according to their own specifications.