Detailed written description of the mini Assembly
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Detailed written description of the mini Assembly
This takes you to the BMW Group Plant website.
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
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This takes you to the BMW Group Plant website.
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
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That's for first-generation cars. The R56 uses an engine made through a partnership with Mini, Peugeot and Citroen. The previous ones came from Chrysler.
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Awesome find
Awesome find Thanks.
This takes you to the BMW Group Plant website.
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
Click the "Production" link and it will give you a written description of what goes on in each step...from body, paint shop, assembly, logistics and quality.
Better than the video from the Mini website.
http://www.bmwgroup-plant-oxford.com/e/index.html
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Found this a few days ago. It's an interesting read... keeps me off the tracking website for a while!
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That may be true, but I would imagine the cheap labor comes out of countries like brazil to manufacture them.
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Attention Vegan MINI owners: Do not read about the painting process.
Who knew that ostrich feathers were so important to ensuring that our MINI's paint jobs come out perfect???
Who knew that ostrich feathers were so important to ensuring that our MINI's paint jobs come out perfect???
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BMW manufactures them. The engines were designed in a strategic partnership with PSA (which has since ended), but they are indeed manufactured by BMW at the Hams Hill engine plant in southern England.
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It just tells me that there are multiple sources of different information from different BMW websites. Who is to say which one is more valid?
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I believe that the brazilian sorced engines are still used for the convertible models. Maybe that is where it gets confusing.
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They come with the Auto AC. If you get the standard AC controls you don't get the rattles (at least that is what I have come up with when comparing my 03 MCS to my wife's 06 Cooper)
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I still haven't found out how Japan figures into the mix. My manufacturer's window sticker lists Japan as the country of origin for my R56 engine.
And that's why I mentioned first generation engines in my first post. The cabrios are still based on the first-generation platform and will remain so until they're updated in the 2009 model year.
And that's why I mentioned first generation engines in my first post. The cabrios are still based on the first-generation platform and will remain so until they're updated in the 2009 model year.
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Probably the turbo
Probably the turbo coming from Japan. Anyone know the model of the turbo?
I still haven't found out how Japan figures into the mix. My manufacturer's window sticker lists Japan as the country of origin for my R56 engine.
And that's why I mentioned first generation engines in my first post. The cabrios are still based on the first-generation platform and will remain so until they're updated in the 2009 model year.
And that's why I mentioned first generation engines in my first post. The cabrios are still based on the first-generation platform and will remain so until they're updated in the 2009 model year.
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My 04 with auto air didn't have (siginificant) rattles, so I think it's more extensive than that.
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Well on that site it says in their FAQ...
"Where do the engines come from?
MINI's petrol engines are imported from Brazil, whilst the car's diesel engine comes from Toyota in Japan."
And the link by Coop310 says...
"Logistics. Since setting up the production triangle in the UK, the transport routes of production components have been reduced considerably. Petrol engines for the new MINI now come from the UK and no longer from Brazil, and major sub-assemblies and pressings are mainly delivered from Swindon."
"Where do the engines come from?
MINI's petrol engines are imported from Brazil, whilst the car's diesel engine comes from Toyota in Japan."
And the link by Coop310 says...
"Logistics. Since setting up the production triangle in the UK, the transport routes of production components have been reduced considerably. Petrol engines for the new MINI now come from the UK and no longer from Brazil, and major sub-assemblies and pressings are mainly delivered from Swindon."
Last edited by sancochojoe; Nov 16, 2007 at 11:29 AM.