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The Austin A40 (1200cc) & A50 (1489cc) Cambridge saloons were launched in 1954, designed by an Austin in-house team under Dick Burzi. The half-ton van and pickup followed in 1956, fitted with the 1489cc B-series engine. Saloons were restyled in 1957 with a longer boot to become the A55. When the cars were replaced by the Farina-styled A55 Mk2 in 1959 and later the A60 in 1962, the commercials continued with the Burzi body style, and the Farina body was never used in Britain for the commercials.

In 1962, a wider

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