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28-586: In 1896, Scottish immigrant Alexander Winton , owner of the Winton Bicycle Company, turned from bicycle production to an experimental single-cylinder automobile before starting his car company. The company was incorporated on March 15, 1897. Its first automobiles were built by hand. Each vehicle had painted sides, padded seats, a leather roof, and gas lamps. B.F. Goodrich made the tires. By this time, Winton had already produced two fully operational prototype automobiles. In May of that year,

56-551: A comeback and win. He produced the 1902 Winton Bullet, which set an unofficial land speed record of 70 mph (110 km/h) in Cleveland that year. The Bullet was defeated by another Ford by famed driver Barney Oldfield , but two more Bullet race cars were built. In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson made the first successful automobile drive across the United States. On a $ 50 bet (equal to $ 1,696 today), he purchased

84-466: A compression ratio of 5.2:1. Horsepower was rated at 85 @3200 RPM using three main bearings, solid valve lifters and a Marvel one barrel carburetor. Unusually, Pontiac switched to the straight-eight for 1933 until it was replaced in 1954. As General Motors entered the 1920s, the product ladder started with the price-leading Chevrolet marque, and then progressed upward in price, power, and luxury to Oakland, Oldsmobile, Buick, and ultimately Cadillac. By

112-686: A flathead design shared with the Oldsmobile Light Eight and the Cadillac Type 51 . The Model 50 was only available from 1915 to 1917 as a seven-passenger touring sedan on a 127" wheelbase and was listed at US$ 1,600 ($ 44,800 in 2023 dollars ). In 1930, Oakland reintroduced the Model 101 V8, again using a flathead architecture, on a 117" wheelbase and offered it as a roadster, phaeton, coupe, closed body sedan and sport coupe. Prices were listed at US$ 895 ($ 16,324 in 2023 dollars ) for

140-579: A passable road, repeatedly hoisted the Winton up and over rocky terrain and mud holes with a block and tackle , or were pulled out of soft sand by horse teams. In 1903, there were only 150 miles of paved road in the entire country, all inside city limits. There were no road signs or maps. They once paid the exorbitant price of $ 5 for five gallons of gasoline ($ 178 in 2024 dollars). Jackson and his partner followed rivers and streams, transcontinental railroad tracks, sheep trails, and dirt back roads. The 1904 Winton

168-517: A slightly used two-cylinder, 20 hp (15 kW) Winton touring car and hired a mechanic to accompany him. Starting in San Francisco, California , ending in Manhattan , New York City, New York . The trip lasted 63 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes, including breakdowns and delays while waiting for parts to arrive (especially in Cleveland.) The two men often drove miles out of the way to find

196-676: The Ford Model T introduced in October 1908. Once GM assumed operations of Oakland, production was moved to the factory that manufactured Cartercar in Pontiac, Michigan , another Durant acquisition that was cancelled while the resources were newly utilized, and the Oakland Model 40 was introduced. Starting with 1910 Oakland was exclusively offering 4-cylinder flathead engines with five different wheelbases and their advertising slogan

224-459: The 10 hp (7.5 kW) model achieved the astonishing speed of 33.64 mph (54.14 km/h) on a test around a Cleveland horse track . However, the new invention was still subject to much skepticism , so to prove his automobile's durability and usefulness, Alexander Winton had his car undergo an 800 mi (1,300 km) endurance run from Cleveland to New York City . On March 24, 1898, Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania , became

252-527: The Cadillac Motor Company. Oakland Motor Company was named for Oakland County, Michigan , in which it was based. As originally conceived and introduced, the first Oakland used a design created by Brush and presented to Murphy who liked the idea and decided to go into business. The vertical two-cylinder engine that rotated counterclockwise was originally presented to Cadillac but was rejected. This design by Alanson Partridge Brush , inventor of

280-550: The Sport Touring, with the majority of Wintons featuring tourer, sedan, limousine and town car styling. The Winton Motor Carriage Company ceased automobile production on February 11, 1924. In 1912, Winton started producing diesel engines for stationary and marine use, and gasoline engines for heavy vehicles, independent of Winton's automobile production. The subsidiary Winton Engine Company remained successful while Winton's automotive sales went into decline, and would outlive

308-555: The U.S. Navy in World War II , powering submarines, destroyer escorts, and numerous auxiliaries. The Winton engines were systematically replaced with the more reliable Cleveland Diesel engines during refittings during the war. A purpose-built "Winton Flyer" features prominently in William Faulkner 's Pulitzer Prize –winning 1962 novel The Reivers . In fact, the 1969 film version of the novel starring Steve McQueen

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336-602: The Winton Motor Carriage Company. Winton became the main supplier of engines for internal combustion-electric powered railcars in the 1920s. On June 20, 1930, Winton Engine Company was sold to General Motors and on June 30 was reorganized as the Winton Engine Corporation subsidiary of General Motors. It produced the first practical two-stroke diesel engines in the 400-to-1,200 hp (300 to 900 kW) range, which powered

364-409: The car, produced 20 hp (15 kW). The channel and angle steel-framed car weighed 2,300 lb (1,000 kg). Winton continued to successfully market automobiles to upscale consumers through the 1910s, but sales began to fall in the early 1920s. This was due to the very conservative nature of the company, both in terms of technical development and styling. Only one sporting model was offered —

392-538: The company the largest manufacturer of gasoline-powered automobiles in the United States. This success led to the opening of the first automobile dealership by Mr. H. W. Koler in Reading, Pennsylvania . To deliver the vehicles, in 1899, Winton built the first automobile hauler in America. One of these 1899 Wintons was purchased by Larz Anderson and his new wife, Isabel Weld Perkins . Publicity generated sales. In 1901,

420-521: The early diesel locomotives of Electro-Motive Corporation (another General Motors subsidiary), as well as United States Navy submarines . In 1934, a Winton eight-cylinder, 600 hp (450 kW) 8-201-A diesel engine powered the revolutionary streamlined passenger train the Burlington Zephyr , the first American diesel-powered mainline train. The Winton Engine Corporation provided 201 Series engines for rail use until late 1938, when it

448-682: The first person to buy a Winton automobile after seeing the first automobile advertisement in Scientific American . Later that year the Winton Motor Carriage Company sold 21 more vehicles, including one to James Ward Packard , who later founded the Packard automobile company after Winton challenged a very dissatisfied Packard to do better. This is the same mistake that Enzo Ferrari would make with Ferruccio Lamborghini . Winton sold his first manufactured semi-truck in 1899. More than one hundred Winton vehicles were sold that year, making

476-562: The introduction of four brands priced and designed to fill the gaps. Cadillac would introduce the LaSalle to fill the gap between Cadillac and Buick. Buick would introduce the Marquette to handle the upper end of the gap between Buick and Oldsmobile. Oldsmobile would introduce the Viking , which took care of the lower end of the same gap. Oakland's part in this plan was the 1926 Pontiac ,

504-474: The mid-1920s, a sizable price gap existed between Chevrolet and Oakland, as well as a wide gap between Oldsmobile and Buick. Also, a product gap existed between Buick and Cadillac. General Motors pioneered the idea that consumers would aspire to buy up an automotive product ladder if a company met certain price points-called the Companion Make Program . To address this, General Motors authorized

532-404: The news that both Reginald Vanderbilt and Alfred Vanderbilt had purchased Winton automobiles boosted the company's image substantially. Models at the time were a two-passenger Runabout with a one-cylinder engine (8 hp) and a four-passenger Touring and Mail Delivery Van, also with a one-cylinder engine (9 hp). That year, Winton lost a race at Grosse Pointe to Henry Ford . Winton vowed

560-757: The roadster or phaeton to US$ 1,045 ($ 19,060 in 2023 dollars ) for the Custom Sedan. The Oakland V8 was shared with the Viking V8 which was a companion of Oldsmobile and was the only product sold. 1931 was the last year for the Oakland Model 301 V8 and the only vehicle available was the V8 with very few changes, and was renamed the 1932 Pontiac Series 302 V8. The 1932 V8 had an oversquare bore and stroke of 3.4375 in (87.3 mm) x 3.375 in (85.7 mm) displacing 251 cu in (4.1 L) with

588-468: The single-cylinder Cadillac and Brush Runabout , also featured a planetary transmission . The 1908 Oakland came in five body styles, designated Model A–E, varing from a runabout to a landaulet. The first year of Oakland production, 1908, had 278 vehicles roll off the line. After one year of production, Oakland's principal founder, Edward Murphy, sold half of the company to William C. Durant 's General Motors Corporation in early 1909. When Murphy died in

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616-747: The slogan "True Blue Oakland Six". The Oakland was built only in Pontiac, Michigan, which is the county seat of Oakland County . The name antedates any GM association with an automobile manufacturing facility in Oakland, California , that built Chevrolet vehicles before Chevrolet joined GM called Oakland Assembly . In 1913 the Oakland Six was introduced followed in 1916 by the Model 50 365 cu in (6.0 L) flathead V8 engine sourced from Northway Motor and Manufacturing company , and production soared to 35,000 in 1917. The Series 50 V8 used

644-515: The summer of 1909, GM acquired the remaining rights to Oakland. Within General Motors, Oakland was later slotted as their entry-level brand below the more expensive Oldsmobile , Buick , and Cadillac cars. Conventional four-cylinder engined models were introduced shortly after the GM takeover, and GM didn't acquire the volume-priced Chevrolet until 1917, and Oakland found itself competing with

672-513: Was "The Car with a Conscience". By early 1920, however, production and quality control problems began to plague the division. In 1921, under new general manager Fred Hannum, a consistent production schedule was underway and the quality of the cars improved, and Oakland vehicles shared the GM A platform used by Chevrolet. One marketing tactic was the employment of a quick-drying bright blue automotive lacquer by Duco (a DuPont brand product), leading to

700-602: Was a five-passenger tonneau -equipped tourer which sold for US$ 2,500. By contrast, the Enger 40 was US$ 2,000, the FAL US$ 1,750, an Oakland 40 US$ 1,600, the Cole 30 and Colt Runabout US$ 1,500, while the (1913) Lozier Light Six Metropolitan started at US$ 3,250, American 's lowest-priced model was US$ 4,250, and Lozier's Big Six were US$ 5,000 and up. Winton's flat-mounted water-cooled straight-twin engine , situated amidships of

728-535: Was an American automobile manufacturer and division of General Motors . Purchased by General Motors in 1909, the company continued to produce modestly priced automobiles until 1931 when the brand was dropped in favor of the division's Pontiac make. The company was created by Edward Murphy who owned the Pontiac Buggy Company and Alanson Brush who was working as a consultant in Detroit after leaving

756-573: Was known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the UK. Scot Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 908916687 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:42:12 GMT Oakland Motor Car The Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan ,

784-580: Was reorganized as the General Motors Cleveland Diesel Engine Division , which produced the GM 567 series locomotive engines, and other large diesels for marine and stationary use. In 1941, locomotive engine production became part of General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). In 1962, Cleveland Diesel was absorbed by Electro-Motive Division, which remains in business today as a subsidiary of Progress Rail . Winton and Cleveland engines were used widely by

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