Oakland was an American automobile maker that operated from 1907 to 1931 in Pontiac, Michigan, and became a General Motors division after GM bought it in 1909. Edward Murphy, who owned the Pontiac Buggy Company, founded it with Alanson Brush, the inventor of the single-cylinder Cadillac, and it was named for Oakland County, Michigan. The first car used a vertical two-cylinder engine and a planetary transmission, and 278 vehicles were built in 1908. Within General Motors it served as a modestly priced entry brand until 1931, when it was dropped in favor of the division's Pontiac brand.
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was an American automobile manufacturer and later division of General Motors
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was the first four-cylinder engine offered by the Oakland Motor Company in 1907
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was a six-cylinder automobile offered by the Oakland Motor Company in 1913
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