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Morgan Motor Company

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The Morgan Motor Company is a family-owned British motor car manufacturer that was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan. [1]

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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Anzani

Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.

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Austin 7

The Austin 7 is an economy car that was produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin.

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Autoweek

Autoweek is a car culture publication based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Blackburne (motorcycles)

Blackburne was a trade name of Burney and Blackburne Limited a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1913 to 1922 at Tongham near Farnham, Surrey.

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BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft engines until 1945.

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BMW M3

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M GmbH.

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BMW N54

The BMW N54 is a turbocharged straight-6 petrol engine that was produced from 2006 to 2016.

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BMW Z4

The BMW Z4 is a range of two-seat roadster and coupé models which have been produced since 2002.

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Brooklands

Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Chain drive

Chain drive is a way of transmitting mechanical power from one place to another.

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Charles Morgan (automaker)

Charles Morgan was the Managing Director of the Morgan Motor Company, a UK car manufacturer.

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Chassis

A chassis (plural chassis) is the internal framework of an artificial object, which supports the object in its construction and use.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place.

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Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, racing, and other speciality engine manufacturer.

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Cyclecar

A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.

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Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

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Darmont

Darmont was a French automobile manufacturer, based at Courbevoie in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1919 and 1939.

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Dennis Publishing

Dennis Publishing Ltd. is an independent publisher founded in 1974.

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Dynamo

A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator.

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Emission standard

Emission standards are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere.

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Engine displacement

Engine displacement is the swept volume of all the pistons inside the cylinders of a reciprocating engine in a single movement from top dead centre (TDC) to bottom dead centre (BDC).

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Ford Model Y

The Ford Model Y is an automobile that was produced by Ford Britain, Ford SAF and Ford Germany from 1932 to 1937.

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Ford Sidevalve engine

The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve (flathead engine) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company.

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Fraxinus

Fraxinus, English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae.

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Geneva Motor Show

The International Geneva Motor Show (Salon international de l'automobile) is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.

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George Goodall

George Goodall (10 July 1891 – 6 August 1963) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Gibson Technology

Gibson Technology is an automotive and motorsport company based at Repton, Derbyshire, England.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Grey import vehicle

Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814.

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Gumball 3000

The Gumball 3000 is an annual British international celebrity motor rally which takes place on public roads.

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Gwenda Hawkes

Gwenda Mary Hawkes (Glubb, previously Janson and Stewart; 1 June 1894 – 27 May 1990) was notable as an ambulance driver in World War I and later as a motor racing driver and speed record holder.

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GWK (car)

The GWK was a British car made in Maidenhead, Berkshire, between 1911 and 1931.

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H. F. S. Morgan

Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan (1881Boddy, William. "Morgan: An Ageless Thoroughbred", in Ward, Ian, Executive Editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12 (London: Orbis, 1974), p.1409.--->–1959), known as HFS, was an English sports car manufacturer and founder of the Morgan Motor Company (MMC) and its chairman from 1937 until his death in 1959.

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Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D), or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1903.

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Harrods

Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London.

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Homologation

Homologation (Greek homologeo, ὁμολογέω, "to agree") is the granting of approval by an official authority.

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Hundredweight

The hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt), formerly also known as the centum weight or quintal, is an English, imperial, and US customary unit of weight or mass of various values.

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Independent suspension

Independent suspension is a broad term for any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump in the road) independently of the others.

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JA Prestwich Industries

JA Prestwich Industries, was an English manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd.

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John Harvey-Jones

Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE (16 April 1924 – 9 January 2008) was an English businessman.

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Kingpin (automotive part)

The kingpin, also king-pin and king pin, is the main pivot in the steering mechanism of a car or other vehicle.

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Licensed production

Licensed production refers to the local production under license of technology developed elsewhere.

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Limited company

In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.

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List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

As of 2014 there are approximately 35 active British car manufacturers and over 500 defunct British car manufacturers.

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List of motorized trikes

List of motorized trikes is a list of motorized tricycles also called trikes, and are sometimes considered cars.

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Malvern College

Malvern College is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.

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Malvern Link

Malvern Link is an area of Malvern, Worcestershire, England to the north and east of Great Malvern.

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Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England.

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Matchless

Matchless is one of the oldest marques of British motorcycles, manufactured in Plumstead, London, between 1899 and 1966.

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Mazda

, commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Morgan +4

The Morgan Plus 4 (or +4) is an automobile produced by the Morgan Motor Company from 1950 to 1969.

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Morgan +4+

The Morgan Plus 4 Plus or +4+ was an attempt by the Morgan Motor Company to modernize the bodywork.

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Morgan 3-Wheeler

The Morgan Motor Company announced that they would launch the 3 Wheeler in 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Morgan 4/4

Morgan 4/4 is an automobile which has been produced by the Morgan Motor Company since 1936.

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Morgan Aero 8

The Morgan Aero 8 is a sports car built by Morgan Motor Company at its factory in Malvern Link, England (an area of Malvern in Worcestershire) and designed by the firm's designer Matthew Humphries.

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Morgan Eva GT

The Morgan Eva GT was a proposed 2+2 Grand tourer to be developed by Morgan Motor Company of Malvern, Worcestershire, United Kingdom.

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Morgan LIFEcar

The Morgan LIFEcar (LIghtweight Fuel Efficient Car) was originally a fuel cell-powered electric vehicle project undertaken by Morgan Motor Company and startup company Riversimple.

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Morgan Plus 8

The Morgan Plus 8 is a sports car built by British car makers Morgan from 1968 to 2004 and put back into production in revised form in 2012.

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Morgan Roadster

The Morgan Roadster is a model produced by the Morgan Motor Company.

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Morris Minor (1928)

This article refers to the motor car manufactured by Morris Motors Limited from 1928–1934.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, pronounced "NITS-uh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation.

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Olympia, London

Olympia is an exhibition centre, event space and conference centre in West Kensington, London, England.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve engine (OHV engine), or "pushrod engine", is a reciprocating piston engine whose poppet valves are sited in the cylinder head.

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Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey.

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Pescarolo 01

The Pescarolo 01 is the first sports prototype racing car built entirely by French team Pescarolo Sport.

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Pescarolo Sport

Pescarolo Sport was a motorsport team based in Le Mans, France and founded in February 2000 by French racing driver Henri Pescarolo and his friend and partner, French publisher François Granet.

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Peter Morgan (automaker)

Peter Henry Geoffrey Morgan (3 November 1919 – 20 October 2003) was an English sports car manufacturer and Chairman of Morgan Motor Company (MMC) from 1959 until his death in 2003.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Range Rover

The Land Rover Range Rover (generally known simply as a Range Rover) is a full-sized luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) from Land Rover, a marque of Jaguar Land Rover.

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Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist, best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

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Rover Group

The Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British vehicle manufacturer BL (formerly British Leyland), which had been state-owned company since 1975.

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Rover V8 engine

The Rover V8 engine is a compact V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder heads and cylinder block, originally designed by General Motors and later re-designed and produced by Rover in the United Kingdom.

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Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean.

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Runabout (car)

A runabout is a car body style that was popular in North America until about 1915.

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S&S Cycle

S&S Cycle is an American motorcycle engine and parts engineer and manufacturer.

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Shilling

The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.

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Sidecar

A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle.

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Sliding pillar suspension

A sliding pillar suspension is a form of independent front suspension for light cars.

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Sport utility vehicle

Sport-utility (vehicle), SUV or sport-ute is an automotive classification, typically a kind of station wagon / estate car with off-road vehicle features like raised ground clearance and ruggedness, and available four-wheel drive.

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Standard Motor Company

The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay.

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Standard Ten

The Standard Ten was a model name given to several small cars produced by the British Standard Motor Company between 1906 and 1961.

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Standard Vanguard

The Standard Vanguard is a car which was produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry, England, from 1947 to 1963.

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Supercar

A supercar is a luxury, high-performance sports car or grand tourer.

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Targa top

Targa top, or targa for short, is a semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats.

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Three-wheeler

A three-wheeler is a vehicle with three wheels.

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Top Gear (2002 TV series)

Top Gear is a British motoring magazine, factual television series, conceived by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman, launched on 20 October 2002, and broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two.

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Top Gear (magazine)

Top Gear (stylised in-magazine as TopGear) is an automobile magazine owned by BBC Studios and published under contract by Immediate Media Company.

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Triumph TR2

The Triumph TR2 is a sports car produced by the Standard Motor Company in the United Kingdom between 1953 and 1955, during which time 8,636 cars were produced.

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Triumph TR3

The Triumph TR3 is a British sports car produced between 1955 and 1962 by the Standard-Triumph Motor Company of Coventry, England.

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Triumph TR4A

The Triumph TR4A is a sports car built by the Triumph Motor Company at its Coventry factory in the United Kingdom between 1965 and 1967.

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Troubleshooter (TV series)

Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and shown by the BBC, focusing on experienced business leaders visiting and advising small and often struggling UK businesses.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder V configuration engine with the cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two sets (or banks) of four, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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2+2 (car body style)

The 2+2 is a version of the coupé car body style that has two small rear seats for children or occasional usage, along with two front seats for the driver and front passenger.

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2012 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans 2012) was the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race, and formed the third round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

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24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company

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