In 2000 and 2001 Munro & Associates worked with Rover and facilitated a series of 54 Lean Design workshops on the Mini program
| “Rover engineering boss Nick Stephenson praised the Munro & Associates input as "invaluable" for getting Mini into production with high value and quality.” – Automotive Industries, August 2002 |
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“Even the first generation of this car will be profitable," promised factory boss Dr. Herbert Diess. – Automotive Industries, August 2002 |
The accolades for the Mini continue to roll in. Recently named the 2003 North American Car of the Year by 50 journalists from the U.S. and Canada, the Mini helped parent BMW to a record sales year by adding 24,000 units to the 2002 tally. More than 150 of those sales have been to automotive writers. (Full disclosure: There’s a blue and white Mini Cooper in my garage.) - Automotive Design and Production – January 2003
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CONGRESS: Overachieving Mini already a success, says BMW exec “BMW's new Mini is already a success story despite its short history,” said Michael Ganal, member of the management board of BMW group responsible for sales and marketing. "We not only achieved all the strategic targets we set ourselves, we overachieved them," Ganal said. Due to overachieving its targets, the Mini investment will pay off and the car will also prove a success story financially, Ganal said. "The Mini will be profitable in its first life cycle," he said. - Automotive News Europe / June 23, 2003
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BMW to earn back Mini r&d costs early FRANKFURT -- BMW could earn back the development costs for the Mini before the end of the first generation's life cycle, the finance chief of the German premium carmaker told German daily Handelsblatt on Wednesday. - Reuters / January 12, 2005 |
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