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, United States based
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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 William Ernest Metzger (September 30, 1868 – April 11, 1933) was an automotive pioneer and salesman from Detroit. He opened one of the first automobile dealerships in the United States, and participated in the early development of a number of e ...
as vice-president. Bayerline was the former president and general manager of the
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and former general manager and founder of the Warren Motor Car Company. Prior to founding Columbia, Metzger was a founder of the E-M-F Company which was later purchased by the
Studebaker Corporation Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 as the Studebaker Brothers Ma ...
. 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". In 1923, Columbia acquired
Liberty Motor Car The Liberty Motor Car Company was a vintage era United States automobile maker based in Detroit, Michigan from 1916 to 1923. History Liberty Motor Car Company was started in February 1916 with capital stock of $400,000 to produce medium-pric ...
.


See also

* Brass Era car *
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References

*Wise, David Burgess, Encyclopedia of Automobiles, 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 {{motorvehicle-company-stub