Despite the tough economic circumstances caused by the ‘credit crunch’, the MINI has been recognised by MSN Autos as the slowest-depreciating vehicle available for sale in the US. After three years, the MINI retains 67% of its initial value.
When Alec Issigonis first envisaged the MINI back in the late 1950’s, value for money was one [...]
With the MINI E program live in the US, MINI have now teamed with a German power company to lease out fifty more of the prototype cars to eager drivers in Berlin.
Check out extended video footage of the MINI E in action here.
As Collin explains below, MINI yesterday informed 850 agency staff their contracts were being terminated. This number accounts for nearly all the contract staff at Cowley, but it is important to understand that there is no immediate threat to the over 4300 employed staff who will continue on two shifts working five days a week.
Whilst [...]
It’s not very often that I get to make a news post on the site, and this one is yet more bad news.
According to the BBC News website, BMW has confirmed that 850 jobs are being shed at the Cowley plant in Oxford:
All agency workers who did the weekend shift at the factory have lost [...]
