Ogren (automobile company)

Short description: Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Ogren Motor Car Company

Type| Automobile manufacturer
Industry| Automotive
Fate| Bankruptcy
Founded| 1914; 112 years ago (1914)
Founder| Hugo W. Ogren
Defunct| 1923; 103 years ago (1923)
Headquarters| Chicago , Waukegan, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

United States

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]

## Contents

* 1 History in Illinois
* 1.1 Models
* 2 History in Wisconsin
* 2.1 Models
* 3 Gallery
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## 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) | Engine | Horsepower | Wheelbase | Transmission

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Model P (1915–1917) | Six-cylinder[1] | 34 | 133" | 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 $103,319 in 2024).[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 of 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 Model | Engine | Horsepower | wheelbase | Transmission[5]

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Six (1920) | 6-cylinder | 65 | 132" | 3-speed manual
Six (1921) | 6-cylinder | 65 | 134" | 3-speed manual
Six (1922) | 6-cylinder | 70 | 134" | 3-speed manual
Six (1923) | 6-cylinder | 70 | 134" | 3-speed manual

[1]

## Gallery

* 1921 Ogren Advertisement in Motor Age Magazine

* 1921 Ogren Article in the Automobile Trade Journal

## See also

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
2. ↑ Automotive Industries. 34. Chilton Company, Incorporated. 1916. p. 165. https://books.google.com/books?id=0sgqAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
3. ↑ "High Grade Flats and New Factory Building", Chicago Tribune. May 14, 1916. Part 2, p. 6.
4. ↑ "Classic Car Specifications, Engine, Wheelbase, production numbers, VIN numbers for Antique Cars, Classic Cars, Vintage Cars and Muscle Cars". classiccardatabase.com. http://classiccardatabase.com/specs.php?series=3041&year=1917&model=15420. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
5. ↑ "Classic Car Specifications, Engine, Wheelbase, production numbers, VIN numbers for Antique Cars, Classic Cars, Vintage Cars and Muscle Cars". classiccardatabase.com. http://classiccardatabase.com/specs.php?series=2290&year=1922&model=15429. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

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