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{{Short description|Former automobile manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Durant Motors | logo = Durant logo.jpg | logo_size = 100px | caption = | fate = Dissolved | successor = <!--company merged into etc.--> | foundation = 1921 | defunct = 1931 <!--date it went bankrupt, merged, etc.--> | location = [[Lansing, Michigan]], United States | industry = [[Automobile]]<!--types of products or services offered--> | key_people = [[William C. Durant]] | products = [[Vehicles]]<!--some of company's notable products--> | num_employees = <!--peak number of employees--> | parent = <!--former parent companies, if any--> | divisions = [[Durant (automobile)|Durant]]<br>[[Flint (automobile)|Flint]]<br>[[Star (automobile)|Star]]/[[Rugby (automobile)|Rugby]]<br>[[Mason Truck]] | subsid = [[Locomobile Company of America]] }} [[File:1923 Durant A-22 (14529785592) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Durant touring car 1923]] [[File:1923 Durant A-22 (14550914843) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Durant touring car 1923]] [[File:Durant Motors, Inc. 1925.jpg|thumb|Share of the Durant Motors, Inc., issued 6 March 1925]] '''Durant Motors Inc.''' was established in 1921 by former [[General Motors]] CEO [[William C. Durant|William "Billy" Durant]] following his termination by the GM board of directors and the New York bankers who financed GM.<ref name= "flint">{{cite news |last=Levin |first=Doron P. |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/09/us/flint-journal-tribute-to-a-1908-durant-in-the-auto-s-future.html |title=FLINT JOURNAL; Tribute to a 1908 Durant in the Auto's Future |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 1988 |access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref>
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