The BMW Group has just confirmed a further £500 million will be sunk into its UK operations, safeguarding over 5,000 jobs. The extra funding will be vital in upgrading the Oxford plant in order to produce not only the next-generation MINI, but also the recently revealed MINI Coupé model, to be built later this year, plus the new MINI Roadster, which is due to be launched in 2012.
[Source: BMW]