+++ Impressive ceremony combines Hungarian culture and modern automotive production +++ First BMW Group car plant to rely entirely on electricity from renewable energy during normal operation +++ Latest technologies based on BMW iFACTORY principles, with first Gen6 high-voltage battery production facility on-site +++ New BMW iX3 to enter series production as first Neue Klasse vehicle in late October +++
MINI Cooper Convertible production returns to MINI Plant Oxford. +++ Built alongside MINI Cooper 3-Door and 5-Door, making MINI Plant Oxford the home of MINI Cooper. +++ Most emotional model of the MINI family since its launch in 2004.
Investment of $200 million, with 200 new jobs at press shop +++ Plant Spartanburg celebrates 30th anniversary +++ Board of Management Member Nedeljković: “Fully-electric vehicles to be built in US from 2026”
• MINI Plant Oxford starts production of fifth generation MINI Cooper. • Head of MINI, Stefanie Wurst joined by plant associates to celebrate production launch. • Charlie Cooper drives first model off production line.
Blue-skies thinking, seeing challenges as opportunities, taking the wishes and needs of individuals into account openly and unconventionally – all these facets are firmly anchored in the tradition of the MINI brand. MINI is now charting the course for the future on the platform of this self-assured mindset.
The MINI brand and the BMW Group's British production plants in Oxford and Swindon celebrate 20 years of production of the original in the small car premium segment for the 21st century.
Think globally, act locally. MINI is setting a sustainable example partnering with Earthwatch Europe and their "Tiny Forest" initiative: Even small projects can make a big difference and inspire people to act responsibly.
The original in the premium segment of small cars has reached its 60th birthday – but it is even younger than ever. It was sixty years ago, to be precise on 26 August 1959, that British Motor Corporation (BMC) proudly revealed the result of their development activities in creating a new, revolutionary compact car.
Miami Beach. Last night at South Beach, on the evening of December 6, Studio Drift presented their latest work “FRANCHISE FREEDOM – a flying sculpture by Studio Drift in partnership with BMW” to hundreds of stunned guests. On the occasion of Art Basel Miami Beach, 300 illuminated drones moved across the sky above the ocean mimicking a flock of birds and creating a performative artwork at the interface between technology, science, and art.
Miami Beach. During this year´s Art Basel in Miami Beach the BMW Group will present two major cultural collaborations: The world premiere of “FRANCHISE FREEDOM – a flying sculpture by Studio Drift in partnership with BMW” created by Amsterdam based artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta. In addition, the new work of BMW Art Journey winner Max Hooper Schneider will be on display at the BMW Lounge.
- MINI Plant Oxford has built three million MINIs since 2001 - Three millionth car is a MINI John Cooper Works Clubman - 80% of Oxford MINIs built for export around the world - Milestone comes in BMW’s Centenary year and 15th year of MINI production.
Good morning! I would also like to wish you a very warm welcome. It’s great to be back home again in the UK. I can’t tell you how proud I am to be here on behalf of the BMW Group for our centenary. I like to say that the BMW Group is 100 years “young” – this is because the company has always “looked ahead” – and that’s why the focus of our centenary is on “The Next 100 Years”.
World premiere of the MINI VISION NEXT 100. ++ World premiere of the Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100. ++ Exhibition and event platform “Iconic Impulses. The BMW Group Future Experience.” at the Roundhouse, London, from 16 – 26 June.
On 26 April 2001, the first MINI came off the production line at the steeped-in-tradition manufacturing site in Oxford. Since the relaunch of the British brand, more than 2.5 million vehicles have been manufactured at this location.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander giving the ceremonial go-ahead for the MINI production on the occasion of the reopening of VDL Nedcar’s Born plant. MINI production volume at VDL Nedcar to reach a five-digit range as early as this year.
The new MINI Hatch, which celebrated its production start at the MINI plant in Oxford in November 2013, will also be built in the Netherlands from summer 2014.
Significant increase in production capacity - Oxford to remain the heart of MINI production - contract production as a flexibility instrument to support growth strategy.
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