{"id":505064,"date":"2010-04-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/02\/bring-on-the-dune-buggy-mini-production-reportedly-halted-over\/"},"modified":"2010-04-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:00:00","slug":"bring-on-the-dune-buggy-mini-production-reportedly-halted-over-lack-of-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/505064","title":{"rendered":"Bring On the Dune Buggy: Mini production reportedly halted over lack of doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/plants-manufacturing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plants\/Manufacturing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/mini\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mini<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/uaw-unions\/\" rel=\"tag\">UAW\/Unions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review000_opt.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"><small>Mini Cooper S Convertible &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\nAttention all workers at the Cowley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/mini\/\">Mini<\/a> plant in Oxford, England: Do not report to work today unless you know how to repair a door press. According to the<em> Witney Gazette<\/em>, the historic Mini factory is currently on standby due to a dead door press that has all workers at home early for the Easter break, which lasts until Wednesday, April 7. While we&#8217;re sure workers are happy for the extra time off, they will have to use vacation time to make up for the lost production. We&#8217;re guessing that solution wouldn&#8217;t fly at United Auto Workers headquarters, but then again, union membership here in the States isn&#8217;t exactly flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle assembly plant doesn&#8217;t even make the door panels; that job falls on the Swindon body panel factory. There is no word at this time whether the unscheduled shutdown will affect Mini production long-term.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\">Review: 2009 Mini Cooper S Convertible<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review006_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review007_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review000_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review001_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/review-2009-mini-cooper-s-convertible\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/minisvert_review002_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.witneygazette.co.uk\/business\/6011992.Tool_problem_closes_Mini_plant\/\">Witney Gazette<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motoringfile.com\/2010\/04\/01\/mini-product-halted-due-to-lack-of-doors\/\">MotoringFile<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/02\/bring-on-the-dune-buggy-mini-production-reportedly-halted-over\/\">Bring On the Dune Buggy: Mini production reportedly halted over lack of doors<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:00:00 EST.  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