16 Facts About Mini BMW

1. On 31 July 2018, Mini BMW announced to build 1 billion euro car factory in Hungary.

2. In July 2014, Mini BMW announced it was establishing a plant in Mexico, in the city and state of San Luis Potosi involving an investment of $1 billion.

3. In 2012, Mini BMW was the highest automotive company in the Carbon Disclosure Project's Global 500 list, with a score of 99 out of 100.

4. In 2012, Mini BMW began sponsoring Independent Collectors production of the BMW Art Guide, which is the first global guide to private and publicly accessible collections of contemporary art worldwide.

5. In 2001 and 2002, Mini BMW produced a series of 8 short films called The Hire, which had plots based around BMW models being driven to extremes by Clive Owen.

6. In 2014, Mini BMW developed a prototype of street lights equipped with power sockets to charge electric cars, called Light and Charge.

7. In 1992, Mini BMW acquired a large stake in California-based industrial design studio DesignworksUSA, which they fully acquired in 1995.

8. In 1983, Mini BMW introduced its first diesel engine, the M21.

9. In 1947, Mini BMW was granted permission to resume motorcycle production and its first post-war motorcycle—the R24—was released in 1948.

10. In 1959 Mini BMW was near bankruptcy due to factors of Cold War.

11. The original Mini BMW achieved second place for "Global Car of the Century" in the same poll.

12. In May 2010 Mini BMW announced that leasing could be renewed for another year at a lower leasing price.

13. In 2009, the Mini BMW was Britain's seventh best selling car—the first time that a BMW-era Mini had appeared among the nation's top 10 selling cars.

14. At the 2004 Salon International de l'Auto, Mini BMW introduced a convertible model which was released in the 2005 model year and available in One, Cooper and Cooper S trim versions.

15. In July 2017, Mini BMW has announced that an electric Mini model will be built at the Cowley plant, in Oxford, that will start production in 2019.

16. In 1998, Mini BMW set out on creating the production Mini.