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The Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan, was an American automobile manufacturer and division of General Motors. Purchased by General Motors in 1909, the company continued to produce modestly priced automobiles until 1931 when the brand was dropped in favor of the division's Pontiac make. [1]
August 28, 1907, the Oakland Motor Car Company was founded. There was a buggy type runabout called Pontiac in 1907 and 1908 built by the Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works. A Pontiac Motor Car Co. was organized in 1906 to build a combination commercial and pleasure vehicle.
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The Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan, was an American automobile manufacturer and division of General Motors. Purchased by General Motors in 1909, the company continued to produce modestly priced automobiles until 1931 when the brand was dropped in favor of the division's Pontiac make. The company was named for Oakland County ...
Jan 20, 2024 · By 1929 Pontiac sold 163,000 more cars than its parent, Oakland. These figures and the onset of the Great Depression sealed Oakland’s fate. In 1931 Pontiac absorbed Oakland Motor Car Company, making it the first and only companion make to outlast its parent.
Jan 20, 2016 · In Pontiac, Michigan, Edward Murphy founded the Oakland Motor Car in 1907, which began producing horse-drawn carriages. After a year had hardly passed, General Motors was founded by another former buggy executive, William Durant in Flint, Michigan. The Oakland history had three distinct years.
The Oakland Motor Car Company officially began production in 1908 with the first car, a Model A, rolling off the assembly line in April of that year. Five models were offered the first year with prices ranging from $1,300 for the Model A runabout to $2,150 for the Model E four passenger landaulet. First year production was approximately 278 cars.