German carmaker BMW is likely to make fewer units of its Mini model next year due to expansion work at its site at Oxford, an industry newspaper reported on Saturday.
Automobilwoche quoted Kay Segler, head of the Mini brand, as saying production would be stopped for around three weeks during the turn of the year 2005/06 due to construction work.
He said that there could be further work on the finishing line during the year, due to which Mini might produce fewer cars in 2006 than the near-200,000 it should reach this year.
Segler added that a decision on the final version of a new model would be taken by the end of the year, and details released at the Detroit Auto Show in January. He said the model would be on the market in 2008 or earlier.