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Vinnie · Mar 15th, 2004, 06:14 PM

Spoke to my dealer today and he informed me that there's a good chance that UK Minis with a delivery date from April onwards could be (and he stressed 'could be') delivered up to 2 weeks early!!!

He said that currently, upon leaving Oxford, Minis are transported to Doncaster for final preparation/checking etc before being transported to the dealership. Apparently BMW have been running a six month trial to skip the Doncaster stage, and ship Minis from Oxford direct to the dealer. He said that he has just received confirmation from BMW that from April 1st, all Minis will now be shipped straight to the dealer, which could result in April/May/June deliveries being up to 2 weeks early!!

Now let me stress that he didn't guarantee anything, but he did sound very optimistic!!

Just keep your fingers and toes crossed!!

Mar 15th, 2004, 06:14 PM	#14
Vinnie MNI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Local Time: 11:38 PM Posts: 11 Offline	Early Delivery Spoke to my dealer today and he informed me that there's a good chance that UK Minis with a delivery date from April onwards could be (and he stressed 'could be') delivered up to 2 weeks early!!! He said that currently, upon leaving Oxford, Minis are transported to Doncaster for final preparation/checking etc before being transported to the dealership. Apparently BMW have been running a six month trial to skip the Doncaster stage, and ship Minis from Oxford direct to the dealer. He said that he has just received confirmation from BMW that from April 1st, all Minis will now be shipped straight to the dealer, which could result in April/May/June deliveries being up to 2 weeks early!! Now let me stress that he didn't guarantee anything, but he did sound very optimistic!! Just keep your fingers and toes crossed!!