Strong sales, high costs: Why BMW needs to rethink Mini's future

Strong sales, high costs: Why BMW needs to rethink Mini's future

Oxford factory is key to Mini's image but also brings high costs As parent company BMW hits headwinds, Mini's resilience comes into question Amid all the talk of cost-cutting on BMW's recent earnings call, there was a moment of awkwardness when one analyst asked whether the Mini brand should be given the chop: “It looks to me that Mini is loss-making. Is that a brand BMW really needs long term?” Unusually, the head of the brand was actually on t…