Oakland (automobile)

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

1926, the first Pontiac was released as a cheaper variant of the Oakland when GM introduced four new brands to fill gaps in the model program. While the other brands were discontinued after a few years, Pontiac replaced the traditional brand from now on Oakland.