Columbia Motors
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Columbia Motors was a Detroit, Michigan, United States based automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1916 to 1924.
Columbia Motors was incorporated in 1916, with John George Bayerline as company president and William E. Metzger as vice-president.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Bayerline was the former president and general manager of the King Motor Car Company<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and former general manager and founder of the Warren Motor Car Company.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Prior to founding Columbia, Metzger was a founder of the E-M-F Company which was later purchased by the Studebaker Corporation.
Columbia Motors produced two models powered by Continental six-cylinder engines including the popular Columbia Six. In 1916, Columbia bought Argo Electric. A 1916 news item in the journal Horseless Age presents a "Columbia Touring Car".<ref name="HorselessAge1916-04-01_p279">Template:Citation</ref> In 1923, Columbia acquired Liberty Motor Car.
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References
- Wise, David Burgess, Encyclopedia of Automobiles, Template:ISBN
- Columbia Motors
- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
- American companies established in 1917
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1917
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1924
- 1917 establishments in Michigan
- 1924 disestablishments in Michigan