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Has General Motors always owned Pontiac? When did GM buy Pontiac?

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Jacqulyn Graber · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Technically, GM bought
Pontiac
in 1909—but the answer is a bit more complicated than that! The Pontiac namesake has its connections to the Oakland Motor Car Company, which was founded in 1907 in
Pontiac
, Michigan.
Just two years later, in 1909, Oakland became part of General Motors (GM). The first Pontiac was not released until later that same year.
The Pontiac was extremely popular—more popular than any other Oakland vehicle—and thus became its own GM division when Oakland was canceled in 1931.
Pontiacs were then produced by GM for decades before the brand was eliminated (along with Hummer and Saturn) in 2010.
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