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41:Company type
954:Hero Motors
924:in France.
661:Puch mopeds
476:, 1970-1999
472:Steyr-Puch
450:slave labor
330:World War I
302:Einser-Werk
220:motorcycles
208:automobiles
204:Johann Puch
127:Magna Steyr
112:motorcycles
104:Automobiles
93:Johann Puch
1336:Categories
1198:Puch bikes
970:Maicoletta
939:Einserwerk
928:Steyr-Puch
922:Cycleurope
918:Cycleurope
889:head badge
643:Puch 125cc
614:Volkswagen
527:Haflingers
518:1957: The
494:Steyr-Puch
400:Alpenwagen
357:Alpenwagen
326:Alpenwagen
310:Voiturette
235:Foundation
149:Cycleurope
88:Key people
1031:28 August
958:Hero Puch
950:Maxi Plus
742:Puch Maxi
736:Puch Maxi
675:Puch Maxi
651:twistgrip
603:Wayne, NJ
578:motocross
572:wins the
556:Pinzgauer
549:Puch Maxi
542:650 TR II
536:wins the
460:in 1943.
398:Puch XII
95:, Founder
1264:Crescent
1090:(German)
1067:Archived
1012:(2000).
964:See also
896:sold to
866:Asturias
846:Fiat 500
842:city car
836:Puch 500
822:Puch 500
758:, 50cc,
756:cylinder
723:Puch BMX
632:Vehicles
616:saw the
594:in Graz.
563:Fiat 126
520:Puch 500
482:R.E.M.E.
442:Thondorf
314:Habsburg
306:Puntigam
212:bicycles
125:part of
108:bicycles
100:Products
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1259:Bianchi
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898:Piaggio
886:bicycle
884:A Puch
540:with a
230:History
200:Austria
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155:Website
122:Revenue
81:Austria
61:Founded
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1279:Monark
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276:Styria
253:Styria
249:Humber
218:, and
216:mopeds
196:Styria
144:Parent
116:mopeds
77:Styria
45:Public
981:Notes
902:Vespa
870:Spain
862:Gijón
803:Sears
513:MS 50
490:Turin
458:Gusen
1289:Puch
1084:ISBN
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574:1975
504:and
486:Fiat
432:WWII
364:FIAT
272:1896
192:Graz
167:Puch
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64:1899
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