Oakland (car brand)

emblem

Oakland Sensible Six Limousine, from a promotional leaflet (1917)

Oakland from 1929

Oakland was an automobile brand that from 1907 to 1909 by the Oakland Motor Car Company in Pontiac (Michigan) and 1909 to 1931 by the Oakland Motors Division of General Motors Corporation was used. Oakland's founder was Edward P. Murphy , who sold half of his shares to GM in January 1909. When Murphy died in the summer of 1909, GM acquired the missing shares. From 1915 the cars were built in the factory of the decommissioned GM brand Cartercar .

In 1926, the first Pontiac was launched as a cheaper version of the Oakland, when GM introduced a total of four new brands to fill gaps in the model range. While the other brands were discontinued after a few years, Pontiac replaced the traditional Oakland brand from then on.

literature

Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1050-1053 (English).

Web links

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