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The Oakland Motor Car Company, commonly known as Oakland, was an American automotive manufacturer that was established in 1907. Founded by Edward Murphy and Alanson Brush in Oakland County, Michigan, the company operated independently until 1909, when the passing of Edward Murphy led to the acquisition of Oakland by General Motors.

January 20, 2022 After just one year of production, Oakland Motor Car Company principal founder Edward Murphy sold half the company to General Motors on this day in 1909. General Motors had been founded just four months prior, and already had a stake in Buick and Oldsmobile.

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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.

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.

The Oakland Motor Car Company was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages. The following year, another former buggy company executive, William C. Durant, founded General Motors in Flint, Michigan, as a holding company for the Buick Motor Company.