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The German immigrant Charles Eckhart founded a company for the production of coaches in Auburn, Indiana, in 1875. His sons Frank and Morris reorganised the company to the Auburn Automobile Company in 1902. During World War I, the company had to closed due to material shortages. In 1919, the company was sold to an investment group. In 1924, Errett Lobban Cord bought the company. In the following time, automobiles propelled by eight- and twelf-cylinder engines were manufactured. In the year 1929, Cord founded a holding, the Cord Corporation. to pool his companies Auburn, Duesenberg, Lycoming and the new brand Cord. Because of the residual effects of the world economic crisis, Auburn got into financial difficulties which lead to the liquidation of the company in 1937.
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