New MINI celebrates 2 million units, British PM joined the Group Menghadirkan
new MINI celebrates 2 million units, British PM join the Group
One Mini is born every minute - or one minute and eight seconds to be exact. This is not a joke, but a fact. And that's how 10 years after the start of production of the new model in 2001, the two millionth MINI a white silver convertible with a roof of denim, out of the chain of production of plant Oxford with British Prime Minister David Cameron, sitting behind the wheel.
"It is truly a privilege to lead this iconic British chain of production today," said Cameron. "It is a great symbol of the strength of the United Kingdom in the global automotive industry and a British manufacturing success story."
never mind that the UK car industry is now dead and buried or detained by Indian, Chinese or, if MINI, Germans: a true politician knows that you should never let the truth ruin a good story.
BMW responsible member production Frank - Peter Arndt said: "the two millionth MINI Production comes on the back of strong demand around the world. Our recent announcement of a £500 million investment in our UK facility demonstrates the important role played by the Oxford in our global production network. "
some 2 million units produced in the last decade, more than 1.5 million have been exported to more than 90 countries around the world. Plant Oxford, where BMW has invested more than £1.5 billion ($ 2.4 million) since 2000, product of the MINIs than 900 per day, with an annual capacity of more than 200,000 units.
everything you ever wanted to know about the MINI but never dared ask:
- the export markets for MINI top five in 2010 have been the United States, Germany, France, China and Italy.
- mini 2 million placed bumper to bumper would reach 4 626,7 miles or 7 446 km, which is enough for the section between Oxford and the Grand Canyon and turn around the circumference of the Planet Pluto.
- stacked one on the other, 2 million MINIs would be 318 times the height of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest and 3 398 times superior to that of the world highest building Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
- mini 2 million built at Oxford, would struggle you find two the same. With 14 colors of body, 4 color hard top roof, 3 options sunroof, cover bands and several wheel and interior trim, MINI twins are statistically rare.
- A MINI is born every 68 seconds.
- each MINI consists of about 2 100 components. A total of 500 different robots and 3 700 employees join forces to create, with 4,000 points of welding to build each hull. Each robot works with a tolerance of 0.05 mm - half of the width of a human hair
- the most popular color MINI is pepper white, followed by Midnight Black and red pepper
