Illinois will get eco-friendly BMW-MINI dealership
Preparing for the next-generation of auto dealerships, the Bill Jacobs BMW/MINI shop will break ground September 12 in Naperville, IL. The dealer's website features a countdown timer and a whole heap of information about how Bill Jacobs' crew hopes to make the building a way to "discuss the importance of eco-friendly initiatives in the automotive industry, as well as why automotive retailing is ready for these sorts of changes." How ready? Well, the shop will have a BMW Hydrogen 7 on hand on the 12th, so let's just say that they're ahead of the curve. The building will also feature sun shading, low VOC paints and "will take advantage of water, recycling and ventilation technologies to make the dealership more environmentally stable." Sensible.
[Source: Bill Jacobs Groundbreaking]
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gorr 3:38PM (8/27/2008)
There is tons of people saying that they are green and the green movement has taken approximatelly 0.00001% of the market. Just tesla and eco-fueler and honda with their clarity occupied
a part of the green market. The rest of the green market come from: driving slower and shorter, engine downsizing, eating less, lost of the home, buying imported small cars, reading autobloggreen bloggers and writers that hate hydrogen and green algae.
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Nils 3:19AM (8/28/2008)
With such a huge glass facade, it will need a lot of cooling. But at least they do have low-VOC paint.
Greenwashing: check!
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Jonathan Charak 4:59PM (8/28/2008)
I recently bought a MINI from Patrick MINI (one of the 3 MINI Dealers in the Chicago area).
The Bill Jacobs group has the worst consumer reviews of all 3 of the MINI dealers in the area. I think they should worry about not having jerks working there that act like they're giving you a gift by buying a car from them and realize that you're giving them a salary
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