In 2015 MINI Plant Oxford produced over 201000 cars & with a workforce of around 4500 people the plant is capable of building up to 1000 cars per day Plant Oxford is the home of MINI assembly with body panels arriving from Plant Swindon & engines from Plant Hams Hall near Birmingham The body panels are joined by automated robots to produce a 'body in white' which then progresses through the factory to the paint shop before being mated with engine suspension interior panels trim etc to produce the finished car This Manual takes a look inside a modern heavily automated car factory where every car produced is bespoke having been built specially to fulfil an individual customer's order A fascinating insight into the processes equipment & people involved behind the scenes in building a MINI from initial design studies & 'body-in-white' metal panels to completed car on the way to its new owner