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Latest archived mark · 1900

Auburn

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Latest archived mark · 2019

Aria

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What we compare	Auburn	Aria
Country in archive	United States	United States
Founded	1903	1996
Founder	Frank Eckhart and Morris Eckhart	Charles Taylor, Clive Hawkins, Kevin Cain
Headquarters	Auburn, Indiana, United States	Irvine, California, United States
Name origin	The company took its name from its home city, Auburn, Indiana, which was founded in 1836 by Wesley Park. Wikipedia says the community's name likely came from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Deserted Village," which begins "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain." No source ties the automaker's badge to any part of that poem beyond the shared place name.	Aria Group has not published why it chose the name "Aria." The word is most commonly known as a musical term for a solo vocal piece, but no company statement ties the name to that meaning, to a founder, or to any other documented source. The origin should be treated as unconfirmed rather than settled.
Selected models	Auburn 8-88, Auburn Speedster, Auburn Twelve 12-160, Auburn 851/852 Speedster	FXE
Earliest archived brand logo	—	2019
Latest archived logo	1900	2019
Archived logo assets	1	1

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