It appears that BMW may have missed a trick in respect of its recently announced job layoffs.

It has long been a source of pride to BMW, and to car owners, that the Mini held its price so well.

Given that it is priced some 10-15 per cent higher than most of its direct competitors, is it not time that BMW sought to re-address their pricing strategy and make it more competitive, thereby increasing their dwindling sales and creating some level of recruitment again?

COLIN FISHER, Kidlington