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- 1 2 Ford Royale 1992 (sales brochure), storm.oldcarmanualproject.com Retrieved 23 June 2015
- ↑ Ford Royale 1995 (sales brochure), storm.oldcarmanualproject.com Retrieved 23 June 2015
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