Columbia (automobile brand)

This article is about the automobile brand from 1899 to 1910. For the automobile manufacturer from 1916 to 1924, see Columbia Motors.
Columbia
IndustryAutomobile
Founded1899
Defunct1910 (marque continued by purchaser)
FateSold
HeadquartersHartford, Connecticut, United States
ProductsVehicles

Columbia was an American brand of automobiles produced by a group of companies in the United States. They included the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, the Electric Vehicle Company, and an entity of brief existence in 1899, the Columbia Automobile Company.

In 1908, the company was renamed the Columbia Motor Car Company and in 1910 was acquired by United States Motor Company. A different Columbia Motors existed from 1917 to 1924.