According to, http://bimmer.work/ , the 2017 F55 MINI I'm buying was made in Born, Netherlands by a contract vehicle assembler, whatever that is.

I'm not sure how I feel about that.

 

Probably have less rattles.

 

Nothing wrong with that.

It was Born in Born.

 

Thats cool, have not heard of a US car from there yet.

 

Hardtops been built in Oxford and Born since 2014.

 

Yep, I know that I heard most of them in production were for the euro market and then trailing into the US at some time in the future. Most US stock if not all was from Oxford and then, of course, the R60/R61 platform from Austria.

 

I think I'm joking, but maybe not....you might end up with an F55 with no squeeks or rattles. Won't that be nice! The Dutch have assembled cars for many years for Volvo and others. It can't be any worse than Oxford (not that Ox is bad by any means).

 

Wasn't there a recent work slowdown by workers at Oxford?

 

Well don't feel lonely; our new F55 has just left the paint shop in Born and we are eagerly awaiting its arrival in Galveston in a few weeks.

 

Excellent. When last heard from, mine was hanging around at the Newark, NJ docks.

 

X1 production is moving there, too (in part).

FWIW, Born is like 5 miles from the German border.

 

Born produces the Hardtops (2 and 4 doors, with the exception of the JCW), the Convertibles (exclusively), and the F60 Countryman (also exclusively). The only cars that are all Oxford are the JCW Hardtops and the Clubman.

 

That link indicates Born for my f55, the window sticker, which I have in front of me says 35% Germany and 25% UK for parts with Final Assembly Point being Oxford, United Kingdom.

Engine Germany
Transmission Japan

 

Weird. What to believe?

 

I'm going to believe the window sticker, as there has to be some legal ramifications of lying on it, in the US. Where the site doesn't seem to be official. But honestly, that is just conjecture on my part, as I know nothing about the site. ;-)

 

Thanks

 

Yeah mine just says Born. Must have been a test tube mini

 

Who cares where they come from -- it's where they take you and how much fun you have getting there in your MINI.

 

Based on the link below, I'm not so sure that the car wasn't built in England.
I guess I'll wait 'til I see the window sticker.

http://www.minif56.com/forum/313-pur...f56-jcw-2.html

 

My F56 was built in Oxford on April 4, 2017. Picked up by WWL on April 18 in Southampton. F56 are definitely still being built in Oxford.

 

Some F56s are born in Born while other F56s are born in Oxford. Mine was a Born birth.

 

Wow, I just used the VIN decoder. My F55 was made in Born on 9/22/16. I need to double-check my window sticker because I swore it said Oxford.

 

I seem to recall there is one number or letter in your VIN that indicates the plant it was built in, the 11th digit [7th last]. Mine is a T which is for Oxford.

 

I think I'm gonna trust the window sticker.

 

Ditto, to me it is the official record of what is on the car. Everything else on it is right, why wouldn't that be. ;-)