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BMW MINI facts

In no particular order:

• The MINI is manufactured at BMW Group Plant Oxford, the only car production plant responsible for the production of the MINI.
• In 1994 the BMW Group acquired the Oxford plant, then completely modernised the facilities in 2000 and 2001 in preparation for production of the new MINI
• The BMW MINI went on sale in the UK in July 2001
• In April 2007 when the one millionth MINI rolled off the production line.
• BMW MINI is now sold in over 70 countries worldwide.
• The UK, USA, Germany, Italy and Japan make up the car’s top five markets.
• The MINI paintshop was the UK's second biggest construction project (after the Millennium Dome) in 1996/97 and cost £80 million
• It takes 10 hours to paint each MINI body in an eight-stage process