{"id":1584,"date":"2012-08-01T11:31:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgeanswers.com\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2012-08-01T11:31:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:31:49","slug":"worlds-first-green-luxe-auto-for-sale-on-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/worlds-first-green-luxe-auto-for-sale-on-web\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD\u2019S FIRST, GREEN, LUXE AUTO FOR SALE ON WEB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hedgeanswers.com\/images\/uploads\/\/bmw-i8-concept-spyder-468x350.jpg\" alt=\"World\u2019s first, green, luxe auto for sale on web\" width=\"163\" height=\"148\" \/>BMW i3 and i8 electric and hybrid cars launch in 2013 and 2014 respectively. They are to be the world&#8217;s first to sell directly to customers online.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, BMW, the world\u2019s largest maker of luxury vehicles, is using the Web to find &#8220;an inexpensive way to reach more buyers to recoup spending on its electric models.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sales site allows BMW to cut out the middle man and deliver a 5 to 7 percent savings to buyers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If all goes well, the online retail project could expand to include models in the brand\u2019s regular line-up,&#8221; notes Luxuo.<\/p>\n<p>BMW opened its first i showroom in London where prototypes are being displayed, but when the cars go on sale in late 2013, the ordering process will take place online.<\/p>\n<p>The i3 electric is expected to cost EUR 40,000 (USD 48,500) while the high-end hybrid sportscar i8 will run for EUR 100,000 (USD 122,870).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW i3 and i8 electric and hybrid cars launch in 2013 and 2014 respectively. They are to be the world&#8217;s first to sell directly to customers online. According to Bloomberg, BMW, the world\u2019s largest maker of luxury vehicles, is using the Web to find &#8220;an inexpensive way to reach more buyers to recoup spending on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35,36,44],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-life","tag-buy","tag-care","tag-drive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aandcadvisors.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}