Q:Information: - The Austin A40 Somerset is an automobile which was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954. The Somerset replaced the Austin A40 Devon and, as a body-on-frame car, it was comparable in size to its predecessor. It shared a number of components with the Devon which included a similar 1.2Litre straight-4 pushrod engine. The Somerset's engine was updated to produce 42hp (31kW), compared to the Devon's 40hp (30kW), giving the car a top speed of . - The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limited, keeping its separate identity. The marque Austin was used until 1987. The trademark is currently owned by SAIC after being transferred from bankrupt subsidiary Nanjing Automotive which had acquired it with MG Rover Group in July 2005. - See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon . The A40 Devon ( and similar 2 - door A40 Dorset ) are automobiles that were marketed by Austin from 1947 to 1952 -- the first post-war saloons 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 Austin A40 Somerset . Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'manufacturer' with the subject 'austin a40 devon'. Choices: - austin motor company - british motor corporation - rover group
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british motor corporation