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By Ethan Arpi and Rob Katz

While discussions of Ratan Tata's 1 lakh car - and other entrants to the ultra-cheap car market - are nothing new to thecityfix.com and many other blogs, the concept received another burst of publicity over the weekend when New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman featured it in a piece entitled No, No, No, Don't Follow Us. Friedman - whose column is syndicated in newspapers throughout the world - argues that while Americans don't occupy the moral high ground when it comes to driving, following the American model of motorization would be catastrophic for India's economy and its environment. Read the rest of this entry »

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