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MINI "to remain as British as a Full English Breakfast", while being produced World Wide?

Following on from our story of rumors that a MINI SUV may be produced in Austria, member of the BMW board, Dr.Streichmeister, has made some strange and very interesting comments in an address to members of the press at the opening of BMW's new production facility in India.

While the ears and eyes of the motoring media focused on the words of Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, it was comments made by Dr.Streichmeister that caught our eyes. During his speech he included MINI when speaking of the success of BMW's international production, alongside the parent company's other brands.

When later pushed for further explanation on this apparent slip up, Dr.Streichmeister commented "We simply see no reason why the new MINI will not be produced globally, say, within the next 10 years". When asked if that would undermine the unique British Flavour and appeal of our favourite little car, he commented "A BMW produced in the USA is just as German to me as one produced in Germany, and a MINI Clubman made in the USA, or a 4x4 in Austria, or a Hatchback coming from this very plant (Chennai, India) will be every bit as British as one produced in Plant Oxford". Addressing a gaggle of British Journalists, he said, bizarrely "If you're in a hotel in Germany and order a Full English Breakfast, you don't question that the bacon is Danish and the beans from North America, it's still an English Breakfast, and the MINI will be a British Car, where ever it's final assembly may be".

http://www.mini2.com/article436-mini-to-...years.html



EXCLUSIVE: INDIA: BMW plant could build Mini

A new car factory in India has emerged as the most likely place to boost output of the Mini, the iconic small car that has been revitalised by BMW.

http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=90917



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