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- ↑ Ferrari, Alessandro (September 1984). "Due cilindri che sembrano quattro" [Two cylinders which feel like four]. Quattroruote (in Italian). Milan, Italy: Editoriale Domus. 29 (347): 71.
- ↑ Baobab Street, Enjoy, p. 130
- 1 2 Baobab Street, Enjoy, p. 133
- ↑ Büschi, Hans-Ulrich, ed. (1987-03-05). Automobil Revue 1987 (in German and French). Vol. 82. Berne, Switzerland: Hallwag AG. p. 240. ISBN 3-444-00458-3.
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- ↑ "O Sado 550" [The Sado 550]. Sado/550: Site não oficial do SADO 550 (in Portuguese).
- ↑ Ozeki, Kazuo (2007). Suzuki Story: Small Cars, Big Ambitions (in Japanese). Tokyo: Miki Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-4-89522-503-8.
- ↑ 自動車ガイドブック[Japanese Motor Vehicles Guide Book] (in Japanese), vol. 25, Japan: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1978-10-10, p. 291, 0053-780025-3400
- ↑ Costa, André & Georges-Michel Fraichard, ed. (September 1979), Salon 1979: Toutes les Voitures du Monde (in French), Paris: l'Auto Journal, p. 175
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- Works cited
Baobab Street (バオバブストリート) (1987). エンジョイ・ダイハツ ミラ, クオーレ/リーザ[Enjoy Daihatsu Mira, Cuore/Leeza]. マイカーエンジョイマニュアル [My Car Enjoy Manual] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Sankaido (山海堂). ISBN 978-4-381-07561-1.
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