MINI2 Header Logo

MINI2

Fuel for your MINI obsession

Welcome to MINI2.
You are currently viewing MINI2 as a guest.
Please register by clicking this link or login:
       
Search forums: Show: Advanced: Forums or Members or Tags
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread
Old Mar 30th, 2007, 02:28 PM   #1
Tone
MINI2 Master
 
Tone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dorset, U.K.
Local Time: 11:57 PM
Posts: 5,795
Offline
BMW in India

I see BMW are now assembling 3-series, 5-series [in May] in India. The 7-series, along with the X5 and X3, is being imported. It seems that they think the fast-growing economy may ape that of South Africa where a 1973 production run of 3,000 is today 55,000. According to the article [World Business, The Times] it is evaluating whether the MINI, already exported to 71 countries, could be also imported.

As motor manufacturing in the UK has been going down the tubes for decades, I sometimes wonder who amongst us might see the day when, blasphemy, BMW eases itself away from Oxford in order to stay competitive.

"I get by with a little help from my friends"
United Kingdom   Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Sponsors

Sponsored Links


Registered members do not see Google Ads posts, they can also post messages, pictures, and classified adverts.
Register your free account today and become a member of MINI2 - MINI Forum
   
Old Apr 1st, 2007, 12:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
Tone
MINI2 Master
 
Tone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dorset, U.K.
Local Time: 11:57 PM
Posts: 5,795
Offline
Well - it didn't take long for that idea [2nd para. in my post] to be shoehorned onto the table for open discussion - see today's "News Item" posted by Paul An' I don't think it's an April Fool's joke

"I get by with a little help from my friends"
United Kingdom   Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Sponsors

Sponsored Links


Registered members do not see Ads posts, they can also post messages, pictures, and classified adverts.
Register your free account today and become a member of MINI2 - MINI Forum
   
Reply
More is car insurance



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On