- Mini (a BMW branch) plans to start production of some models in Nedcar factory in Born (Netherlands) in the

  second semester of 2014.

- The Born site that belonged to Daf, Volvo and Mitsubishi will be taken over by the Dutch VDL in the coming weeks.

  Mini models will be assembled under contract. Mitsubishi has decided to withdraw from the site that it had formerly bought to Volvo and which is no longer profitable: Born production has continuously declined since 2000.

- Mini will sign with VDL the same type of contract he had signed with Magna Steyr in Graz (Austria), which

   already produces and will continue to produce Countryman and Paceman models. The Mini pilot plant is located in

   Oxford, England.

- Mini did not specify the expected production volumes in the Nedcar factory. In consideration of the success of the

   Mini on all continents, a boost of the production in Born is to be expected.