BMW to outsource MINI engine production?

PSA Peugeot Citroen and BMW have revealed their plan to jointly produce a new small engine.
The two manufacturers will work together to build a range of four-cylinder petrol engines that will be used in Peugeot, Citroen and Mini cars. The engine will be machined exclusively at PSA's Douvrin plant in Northern France. Assembly will then be divided between there and BMW's Mini plant at Hams Hall, near Oxford.

Both company's are investing a total of €330 million in the new production line at Douvrin. It will be run by 1,120 workers and produce an engine every 26 seconds.

The Hams Hall plant will assemble engines for future variants of the top selling Mini. The company hopes the engine will reduce waiting times for new model variants of the city car too.

Homer008 - 6/27/2005 6:37:30 PM

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Current engine used in current Mini is some smallass, ananymous Japanese engine in case you didn't know..IMO Mini and Saturn Vue has one of the most outsourcing parts from diff. continents.

Homer008 - 6/27/2005 6:37:30 PM

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Current engine used in current Mini is some smallass, ananymous Japanese engine in case you didn't know..IMO Mini and Saturn Vue has one of the most outsourcing parts from diff. continents.

Homer008 - 6/30/2005 3:19:05 AM

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Mercedes-Benz 283
Saab 286
Jeep 289
Suzuki 292
Audi 312
Daewoo 318
Isuzu 331
Volkswagen 335
MINI 383
Land Rover 395
Kia 397

This is bottom end of the dependability data from J.D. pwers..which im not fan of but I think its interesting to see a pattern of it all.
the fact that MINI is compariable to America's cheapest junk KIa.

Homer008 - 6/30/2005 3:19:05 AM

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