BMW could transfer production of the Mini from Oxford to its new Debrecen plant
- In a previous Analysis, Inovev had suggested that the final Brexit conditions that will take effect in March 2019 could force the BMW group to transfer all or part of the production of the Mini from the Oxford factory (Cowley) in England to the Dutch factory of Born.
- Another possibility exists, however, since the announcement of the construction of a new BMW factory in Debrecen in Hungary. Indeed, this new plant could produce Mini, from 2020 or 2021, if the final conditions of the Brexit require the BMW group to transfer all or part of the production of the Mini.
- It should be noted that the decision to build a plant in Hungary (where Audi and Mercedes each have an assembly plant) dates from before the Brexit vote, and therefore there is no direct link between the announcement of the construction of a plant in Hungary and the Brexit vote.
- However, it seems unlikely that, if the final conditions of the Brexit force the BMW group to move the production of the Mini, BMW would not take advantage of the opportunity offered by its new plant in Debrecen.
- Everything will depend on what will happen in March 2019. The possible option of absence of an agreement would put Britain on the same plane as India or the United States.
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