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In 1907, R.S. McLaughlin,
son of Robert, created the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. after visiting the
United States and discovered that automobiles were becoming a modern
luxury. It was after this tour that R.S. McLaughlin decided to
use Buick engines and chassis with McLaughlin bodies to create the McLaughlin-Buick
automobile. The company produced 154 of these McLaughlin-Buicks
in 1907. In 1915, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. of Canada was formed.
It was also the same year that the original McLaughlin
Carriage Co. was sold to Jim Tudhope of Orillia, after building
and producing 270,000 carriages. In 1918, McLaughlin and Chevrolet
merged with General Motors to create General Motors of Canada.
According to R.S. McLaughlin, “that was a grand thing for Oshawa on
the day that the sale was made, and the city of Oshawa and our workmen
will never regret it.” This deal made Oshawa the motor city of Canada.
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Rules and Regulations
book from the McLaughlin Motor Car Co.
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