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]

Ogren Motor Car Company

Type	Automobile manufacturer
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1914; 108 years ago (1914)
Founder	Hugo W. Ogren
Defunct	1923; 99 years ago (1923)
Fate	Bankruptcy
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)

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

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 $89,039 in 2021).[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

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Gallery

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  1921 Ogren Advertisement in Motor Age Magazine
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  1921 Ogren Article in the Automobile Trade Journal

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ogren vehicles.

References