Will those placing new orders get delayed to due plant shutdowns?
https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/18/new...ers/index.html

 

Even though the top say Sept 18, 2018, In reading the story, I saw this

"While we believe this worst case scenario is an unlikely outcome, we have to plan for it," said BMW, which employs 4,200 workers at its Mini plant in Oxford.

Brexit will take effect on March 29. The Mini shutdown will begin on April 1

 

They will just move production elsewhere and will probably make more money from lower labor costs.

 

Owner BMW said its summer maintenance shutdown had been brought forward to 1 April to reduce any "possible short-term parts-supply disruption".

"While we believe this worst case scenario is an unlikely outcome, we have to plan for it," BMW said.

The German firm said it "remained committed" to its UK operations.

The Cowley plant, on the outskirts of Oxford, will remain open in April with maintenance, management and catering staff continuing to work despite no cars being made.

It employs 4,500 people and produces 5,000 cars a week.

BMW said the downtime would be used to start preparing the plant to make the new electric Mini.

Here is the complete link from the BBC Site

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45561908