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589:"Motor-Cars For 1928".
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482:Peter Poppe
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65:Midsize car
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394:Chronology
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333:Management
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144:Dimensions
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116:Powertrain
44:Production
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679:The Times
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488:in 1948.
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399:Successor
342:Fuel type
290:cast iron
150:Wheelbase
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91:Braunston
47:1927–1932
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