Nedcar has not produced BMWs or Minis since January 2024
- The BMW group (BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce) ended in January 2024 the contract with the Dutch company Nedcar for the production on its Born plant of various BMW and Mini models.
- This plant is formerly the factory that produced DAFs between 1967 and 1976, then Volvos between 1976 and 2001. In 2001, the factory was completely bought by Mitsubishi, which had already owned 33% of this factory since 1991. This factory assembled in particular the Mitsubishi Carisma and its Volvo S40/V40 derivatives, the Mitsubishi Colt and its Smart Forfour derivatives as well as the Mitsubishi Outlander and its Peugeot 4007/Citroën C-Crosser derivatives. In 2012, Mitsubishi sold the Nedcar factory for a symbolic euro to the VDL group. All production then ceased on the site.
- From 2014, the BMW Group entered into an agreement with Nedcar, which will produce Minis until 2023, as well as Countrymans and BMW X1s from 2017. In January 2024, production of these models will cease definitively. The Nedcar factory is in the same situation as in 2013. No more models are assembled on this plant and no contracts have been signed with a major carmaker.
- The termination of the contract with BMW, which ran until 2030, was motivated by the difficult conditions of the automobile market and the overcapacity of the European automobile industry. The factory, which has assembled a total of more than 5.5 million cars since its debut, is now working on the transition that will allow it to move from being a car producer to a global partner for sustainable mobility. This transition involves the loss of 2,000 jobs out of 2,500.