“There are main investments going down and going to happen,” she stated, hinting {that a} mid-life facelift for the fashions in round 2027 will present a chance for the change to happen.
Certainly, Wurst hinted that the Oxford plant was safe was safe in the long run as a part of the model’s want to remain true to its British roots and origin – to that finish, it was inevitable the plant would go electrical given the model plans solely to make electrical automobiles from the early 2030s.
Wurst additionally stated that extra fashions had been doable past the six within the next-generation line-up, however nothing was but confirmed.
With reference to a long-rumoured ‘mini’ Mini impressed by the Rocketman idea a decade in the past, Wurst stated the mannequin was “greater than a dream however not but a concrete plan”.
On the Urbanaut idea from yr, she stated it was a automobile “thinkable below the Mini model however we can not determine but, as we will’t do all on the identical time”.
Extra typically, she added: “Minis might be larger or smaller, greater or flatter. Now we have a strategic group engaged on our selections and we might determine our future by the tip of the yr. If there may be one other bodystyle on high that’s possible, we have to determine. We have to have a look at the economics. We by no means cease taking a look at what’s subsequent. We have to have a look at progress curves and never allow them to stagnate, so it’d be silly not to have a look at what’s subsequent.”
But even so, the main focus was on making the confirmed six fashions successful. “These Minis must be essentially the most profitable as they should promote in large portions world wide,” stated Wurst, noting particularly the expansion potential for China and Japan the place it’s but to promote an electrical automobile.
Wurst additionally hinted that Mini was open to moving into different areas of mobility, saying that the model was “not all the time 4 wheels and a roof”.
