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"  While Tata is stepping into the high end of the market with Jaguar, it&amp;#039;s simultaneously launching itself into the very bottom with the new Nano, which is billed as the least expensive car in the world. This is India&amp;#039;s Model T, the car that will put the masses on wheels, and environmentalists are already fretting about the impact of 250,000 new cars a year spewing their hydrocarbons across the subcontinent. However, that concern is a little bit misguided, because a good number of those Nanos are actually going to reduce their owners&amp;#039; carbon footprint. Like, by 100 percent, permanently.  When I was in India about ten years ago, the country was just introducing divided highways, which you&amp;#039;d think would help reduce the chaos. Not so much. I saw a tractor coming at us head-on in the wrong direction on the highway. No big deal. At the side of one country road, a Tata heavy truck sat in a crumpled mess, locals calmly organizing the fruit that had fallen off the back. They didn&amp;#039;t pay much attention to the driver, who was right there, hanging out -- of the windshield. One day, our minibus driver pulled over because of a mechanical difficulty. It turned out the horn had broken. And believe me, without that, you may as well call a tow truck. Into this fracas goes the Nano, a car whose $2,500 price tag was probably not reached through the indulgent inclusion of comprehensive safety equipment. Good luck, Nano drivers, and remember: If might equals right, you don&amp;#039;t want to be wrong. RELATED STORIES:  Does Jaguar&amp;#039;s New, Non-Detroit Owner Care About the World&amp;#039;s Sexiest Car? Ratan Tata Makes Esquire&amp;#039;s 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century PLUS: Esquire&amp;#039;s Online Auto Show 2008   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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