Ogren (automobile company)

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Ogren Motor Car Company
Company typeAutomobile manufacturer
Industry Automotive
Founded1914;110 years ago (1914)
FounderHugo W. Ogren
Defunct1923;101 years ago (1923)
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters Chicago, Waukegan, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Key people
Hugo W. Ogren, Fred G. Smith
Products Automobiles
Production output
less than 200 (1920-1923)

The Ogren Motor Car Company was a vintage era luxury automobile manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois from 1915 to 1917 and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1920 to 1923. [1]

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History in Illinois

In the fall of 1914, Hugo W. Ogren founded the company in Chicago to build one-off race cars, but in 1915, he started to produce a six-cylinder touring car. In 1915 prototypes were made, but in 1916 capital stock increased to $1,000,000, [2] and Ogren moved his company to a larger factory at Waukegan, Illinois. [3] From 1916 he produced a line of six-cylinder cars but in 1917 the company ran out of operating cash. The factory was sold at auction on Nov. 22, 1917. [1]

Models

Model (year)EngineHorsepowerWheelbaseTransmission
Model P (1915–1917)Six-cylinder [1] 34133"3-speed manual [4]

History in Wisconsin

In 1919, the company was re-established and the Elite ice skating rink in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was remodeled into a factory. [1] The first Ogren Six did not appear until July 1920. The new automobiles were more expensive and more powerful with a Beaver engine (65 hp vs. 34 hp). [1] In 1922, the Beaver engine was replaced with a more powerful Continental engine. [1] Price for the luxury car ranged from $4,250 to $5,500 (equivalent to $96,157in 2022). [1]

Late in 1922, Hugo Ogren left the company to join another automobile venture. Fred G. Smith took over and attempted to re-organize with only limited success. In January 1924 the tools and property of Ogren Motor Car Company were sold to Huffman Bros. Motor Co of Elkhart, Indiana. [1]

Models

1921 Ogren factory photograph 1921 Ogren factory photograph.jpg
1921 Ogren factory photograph
ModelEngineHorsepowerwheelbaseTransmission [5]
Six (1920)6-cylinder65132"3-speed manual
Six (1921)6-cylinder65134"3-speed manual
Six (1922)6-cylinder70134"3-speed manual
Six (1923)6-cylinder70134"3-speed manual

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