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Austin A40 Devon
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<i>See <a href="/facts/Austin_A40/v8JbFRYc">Austin A40</a> for other A40 models and <a href="/facts/Austin_A40_Sports/85XhmSGR">Austin A40 Sports</a> for the sports car version of the Devon.</i> <p>The A40 Devon (and similar 2-door A40 Dorset) are <a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">automobiles</a> that were marketed by <a href="/facts/Austin_Motor_Company/lKmNWbob">Austin</a> from 1947 to 1952 – the first post-<a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">war</a> <a href="/facts/Sedan_(car)/9n2QzIKK">saloons</a> to be produced by Austin – featuring a mix of old and new technologies. They were previewed by the UK press at the Paris Motor Show on 22 October 1947, who expressed immediate disappointment at the car's conservative appearance. More than 450,000 were built before the model's replacement in 1952 by the <a href="/facts/Austin_A40_Somerset/6LJF35S4">Austin A40 Somerset</a>. </p>