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	Durant Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Durant Motors Inc. was established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William Crapo Durant (also known as Billy Durant) following his termination by the GM Board of Directors and the New York bankers.
		Durant Motors attempted to be a full-line automobile producer of cars and fielded the Flint, Durant and Star brands which were designed to meet Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland and Chevrolet price points.
		In 1927 the Durant line was shut down to retool for a brand new modernised car for 1928 re-emerging in 1928 with Durant, Locomobile and Rugby lines in place and dropping Mason Truck and Flint automobile lines and top selling Star car in April of 1928.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durant_Motors (421 words)

	Promotex Online - W.C. Durant: Salesman Extraordinaire
		Durant, however, was convinced this concept was the wave of the future.
		Durant was forced to give up his management position and accept a position on the board of trustees.
		Durant was to be president of GM and in day-to-day control of operations.
	www.promotex.ca /articles/cawthon/2002/05-01-2002_article.html (2023 words)

	William Crapo Druant: A Brief Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Durant felt that if company was to succeed it would be his success but if it were to fail it would be his failure.
		Durant was smart enough to realize the neccessity of having reliable suppliers so he had the Buick Company by all the raw materials and factories to process them that Buick would need.
		Durant had been very close to his mother througout his life and was severly shaken by her death.
	www.millville.org /Workshops_f/kess_mech/Kess_Auto/FuInject/Durant.html (2303 words)

	Walsh v. Amica Mutual Ins.
		After Durant's automobile insurance carrier, Allstate Insurance Company, denied coverage to the plaintiff, he filed a claim under his own policy with Amica.
		Durant's weapon was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries, and we cannot say Durant was using his vehicle or behaving as a motorist when he shot at the plaintiff.
		Though Durant apparently "used" the vehicle to steady his gun on the windshield, this is not a normal use for which a vehicle is intended; consequently, any connection to the plaintiff's injuries is too tenuous to warrant coverage.
	www.courts.state.nh.us /supreme/opinions/1996/95-129.htm (789 words)

	CARGIANTS
		The automobile company started by David Dunbar Buick, a plumbing-supply man, was on the rocks--and Durant, as the wealthiest man in Flint, was asked to take it over.
		J. Morgan and Co. with a boast that the time would come "when half a million automobiles a year will be running on the roads of this country." Curiously, this raised the hackles of Morgan partner George W. Perkins, the apostle of the "good trust," who promptly left the room.
		Durant did not preside at the birth of the automobile.
	local.aaca.org /siraaca/CARGIANTS_.htm (1619 words)

	Antique Automobile Club of America
		Durant still had his entrepreneurial magic, and he soon raised an additional $ 5.25 million to purchase the most modern manufacturing plant in America from the receivers for the now bankrupt Willys-Overland.
		With the automobile leading the way, credit purchases of expensive consumer goods (e.g., home appliances) was becoming a way of life for Americans.
		Second-hand automobiles in excellent condition sold for about the same price as a Model T, and the much more stylish Chevrolet (the bottom of the GM line) cost just $200 more than a Model T. For the first time, the annual sales of Chevrolet surpassed those of the Ford competitor.
	www.aaca.org /history/chronological/cars_30.htm (1122 words)

	Durant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael John Durant - claimant in Durant v.
		Michael "Mike" Durant - retired US Army helicopter pilot
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durant (86 words)

	William Durant - Biography History
		Durant became financially overextended and consequently, lost control of GM to banking interests in 1910.
		Durant continued to create innovative ideas, but he no longer had the money to execute his plans.
		Durant was not bitter, nor did he regret his actions.
	www.classiccar.com /articles/william_durant.asp (707 words)

	Durant Cars Model Range Spider
		The Durant was an automobile make assembled by Durant Motors Inc. from 1921 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1932 in the United States.
		The Durant automobile is considered to be an example of an “assembled” automobile because so many of its components were obtained from outside suppliers.
		When the Durant was reintroduced, the car was redesigned and powered by a six cylinder Continental engine; some of the early vehicles were marketed as the “Durant-Star”.
	www.ukcar.com /carspecs/spiderme.asp?maker=Durant (300 words)

	1926 Star
		William Crapo Durant was the president of Buick from 1904 to 1908.
		Durant saw the Star as an inexpensive partner to the Durant automobile.
		In 1926, Durant let the Star Model M became the four-cylinder car in the Star line, and that is the car the Robertses own.
	www.tomstrongman.com /ClassicCars/Star/Index.htm (423 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / PAPER LOSSES, REAL LOSSES
		Durant was born in Boston in 1861 of old New England stock.
		Durant was a very rich man, but the carriage business was beginning to bore him.
		Morgan and the du Ponts knew that if all of Durant’s GM stock was dumped on the market, the results would be disastrous for their own holdings and perhaps for the company as a whole.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1996/1/1996_1_18.shtml (1677 words)

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		By 1900 the automobile was clearly emerging as an entrepreneurial opportunity for many, and of course Durant recognized that it was posing a threat to his existing business.
		Buick’s output rose markedly as a result of Durant’s leadership: 16 31 2,295 8,487 Durant’s initial successes with Buick convinced Durant that the automobile had a huge potential market in the U.S. Thus, he began to think of merging a number of existing companies into a conglomerate.
		Further, Durant was not one interested in management principles related to organization; he never strove to achieve the economies of scale in purchasing or production that were possible in the wake of his empire building.
	homepages.udayton.edu /~heitmaja/chapter3GM.doc (2770 words)

	Cross-Canada Trip in 1923 Canadian made Star Automobile
		The Star was built in Leaside, now part of Toronto, by Durant Motors, a company started by Billy Durant, a flamboyant Michigan entrepreneur who had founded General Motors at the start of this century, but lost control of it for the second time and was trying to recoup his fortune.
		Durant went broke again, and finished his days running a bowling alley and diner in Flint, Michigan, the town that General Motors pretty much built.
		Curl is the Eastern Canada representative of the Durant Motors Automobile Club, which includes owners of Durants, De Vauxs, Rugbys, Flints as well as the Stars and Frontenacs.
	www.geocities.com /lostnprofound/starcar.htm (804 words)

	Durant Democrat
		Monte Monroe Mitchell, 39, Durant, marijuana possession and possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
		Casey Leigh Cooper, 21, Durant, possession of cocaine and marijuana in the presence of a minor child.
		Ashton Bowen, 19, Durant, possession of a stolen vehicle, three-year deferred sentence.
	www.durantdemocrat.com /articles/2006/03/13/news/news18.txt (809 words)

	Christian Activities
		The bankers accepted, Durant was ousted and a five-man committee was installed to run GM for the loan’s duration.
		Durant used profits to buy GM stock, which had come back to life under the guidance of company president Charles Nash and new head of Buick, Walter Chrysler.
		Durant was on his way again when another financial disaster hit.
	www.christianactivities.com /articles/story.asp?ID=5303 (674 words)

	Antique Automobile Club of America
		There were 458,500 registered automobiles in the U.S., and the automobile industry stood 21st on the list in value of product.
		By 1915, Durant, Du Pont, and the Chevrolet Motor Company owned the majority interest in GM, which allowed Durant to walk into the GM board meeting and take over.
		Further evidence of the influence of automobiles on American life: the term 'jaywalking' entered the language.
	www.aaca.org /history/chronological/cars_20.htm (1460 words)

	Louis Chevrolet
		Durant was considered to be the “father” of General Motors and noticed Chevrolet's genius and eye for perfection.
		Durant believed that they would need to make their cars cheaper to compete with the automotive market.
		Chevrolet was elected to automobile racing Hall of Fame in 1952.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1638.html (486 words)

	Julian Durant - Hood County, Texas
		Their excellence was recognized last year when Jerry and Tom were invited to New York to receive the prestigious Jack Smith Award (Chairman of the Board of General Motors), given to only 50 dealers in the country for sales, service and customer satisfaction.
		The fugitive’s son, Alfred Durant, eventually settled in Mitchell's Bend in the lower part of Hood County on the Brazos River, where he married, sired six children, and made a living as a poor farmer.
		While fishing one day on the Brazos, he fell in the icy water and subsequently died of pneumonia, leaving his eldest son, eight year-old Julian Vernon Durant to assume the role as breadwinner for the family of seven.
	www.granburydepot.org /z/biog2/DurantJulian.htm (2545 words)

	Buick Marquette Automobile
		There were two makes of automobile bearing the name of Marquette, both under the auspices of Buick at General Motors and both built in Michigan.
		This marque was an outgrowth of Billy Durant's appetite for small companies at the time he was building the GM "empire".
		Just after founding GM in 1908, Durant bought the Rainier Company of Saginaw (1907-11) and the Welch-Detroit of Detroit (1910-11), and both companies built cars under their own names during those years even after being acuired.
	www.prewarbuick.com /id388.htm (835 words)

	A Brief History of Durant Vehicles
		This is the plant that GM produced the Sheridan automobile.
		Reports vary some say availability of the new four-cylinder Durant (A-22) is in May others say it is available late fall of the year.
		An advertisement of the time explains that Durant was unable to use the Star name for cars sold in the British Empire as a company in Wolverhampton had the rights to the name.
	www.durantcars.com /basics/history.shtml (939 words)

	BW Online \| April 27, 2004 \| Billy Durant: Greasing Detroit's Wheels
		William Crapo Durant, a fellow Michigan native and archrival of Ford's, is best known for founding General Motors (GM) in 1908.
		Durant was the grandson of a former Michigan governor and member of a still-influential Flint family when he dropped out of high school in 1878 at age 17 to become a clerk in his grandfather's lumber mill.
		Durant had an empty carriage factory in Jackson, Mich., which soon was running at full capacity producing Buicks.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/apr2004/nf20040427_0647_db078.htm (1143 words)

	GM - Corporate Info - History - 1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first factory specifically for automobile manufacture in the United States is built by Olds in Detroit on Jefferson Avenue East.
		Cadillac Automobile Company is organized in Detroit by Henry M. Leland, a precision manufacturer of automotive components.
		Under Billy Durant's leadership, General Motors Company is organized in 1908 (Sept 16), incorporating the Buick Motor Company.
	www.gm.com /company/corp_info/history/gmhis1900.html (541 words)

	Fort Worth Business Press
		Durant is driven to compete and win, and that drive, coupled with his confidence, is what sets him apart from other automobile dealers.
		Durant’s stable of dealerships extends from its headquarters in Grapevine (Classic Chevrolet and Classic Hummer), to Arlington (Classic Buick Pontiac GMC), north to Denton (Classic Lincoln Mercury Mazda Isuzu), and southwest to his home in Granbury (Durant Autoplex, Durant Chevrolet, Mike Brown Ford and Mike Brown Chrysler Dodge Jeep).
		Durant continued to work for his father throughout high school, and after graduating from Texas Tech University, he returned home to work full time in the family business.
	www.fwbusinesspress.com /index.php?cat=1 (576 words)

	Durant Democrat
		Kristopher Wane Blades, 24, Bokchito, automobile larceny, second-degree burglary, knowingly concealing stolen property and possession of firearms after conviction.
		Wallace Mark Cole, 51, Durant, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
		Keenan Alexander Tomlinson, 19, Durant, false declaration of ownership in pawn.
	www.durantdemocrat.com /articles/2006/01/20/news/news10.txt (617 words)

	More automotive industrialists
		inally, as a result of the huge demand generated by the automobile industry, three families of rubber manufacturers, who henceforth specialized on automobile tires, each built a fortune of some $20 million (as measured in 1919).
		lmost from its earliest days, the automobile industry was a fertile playground for engineers and managers, many of whom founded companies of their own or acquired established companies and lead them to new heights.
		Although his automobile brands (Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg) disappeared as many others in the 1930s, his Aviation Corporation of Delaware (AVCO) survived and expanded, although it had to divest its air transportation business, including American Airlines.
	www.raken.com /american_wealth/automobile_aviation/automobile_index5.asp (565 words)

	Amazon.com: The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: Books: Axel Madsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Durant that Madsen reveals is a business visionary truly worth getting to know, the "Great Gatsby of carmaking" who understood the big picture but lacked the personal patience and managerial skills necessary for long-term success.
		What set Durant apart from other would-be car czars was that, long before others caught on, he understood that the business was headed toward consolidation, and that to survive he would need access to big money.
		Working through a new company he formed, Chevrolet, as well as with allies, Durant was able to win control of GM from the bankers in an unexpected coup.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471395234?v=glance (1427 words)

	Manufacturing Unit B Historical, Future Trends and Career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		William Durant, a partner in a horse carriage company in Flint Michigan, was an entrepreneur.
		Durant's career as the builder of General Motors was not always successful.
		Durant showed that corporations could be successful in a competitive market.
	www.ncsu.edu:8010 /unity/lockers/project/nc-teched/8115/unit_b/003_01.html (3317 words)

	Automotive pioneers
		Briscoe, like Durant more of a business developer than a manufacturer, did not manage to turn Buick around and sold it to the Flint Wagon Works, who in turn approached Durant.
		Olds founded his second automobile company, named it Reo and set out to produce a popular line of cars and trucks.
		Their Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company was an immediate success and Briscoe was the first of the Midwestern automobile tycoons, who tapped the [J.P.] Morgan bank to sell its bonds.
	www.raken.com /american_wealth/automobile_aviation/automobile_index4.asp (552 words)

	Amazon.com: Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, A Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Durant, a dynamic and colorful entrepreneur who made millions in buggy manufacturing before advancing to the newfangled automobile, has been largely forgotten.
		He married Clara Pitt...." I hope the story of Durant's first job, in his family's lumberyard, which Pelfrey (or rather the source he quotes) begins in intimate detail, will be rescued from the oblivion to which it's assigned a paragraph later.
		Durant has been dead now for 59 years and they are still writing about him.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0814408699?v=glance (1749 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: W. C. Durant / Durant-Dort Carriage Company
		William Crapo Durant (1861-1947), one of Flint's most important historical figures, was a pioneer in the development of the American auto industry.
		Durant's vehicle ventures began in 1886, when with a borrowed $1,500, he bought the rights to build a two-wheeled road cart.
		It was originally the headquarters of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, one of the largest volume producers of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States at the turn of the century.
	www.michmarkers.com /pages/l0343.htm (266 words)

	Automobile facts and trivia
		A locomotive mechanic who got into the automobile business in 1912 and publicly displayed his own first car at the 1924 NY Auto Show and selling an amazing 32,000 car in his first year.
		Can be considered as the founder of the automobile industry when he formed Daimler Motor Company in 1890.
		Durant always kept himself stretched thin with his money in stocks and other businesses.
	home.pon.net /hunnicutt/auto_trivia.htm (1069 words)

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