Editing Ogle Design

{{Short description|British design consultancy company}}
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'''Ogle Design''' is a British design consultancy company founded in 1954 by [[David Ogle]] and based in [[Letchworth]], Hertfordshire.

==History==
* 1954 Ogle Design was founded and produced many successful designs of industrial and household products.
* 1959 The company became involved in transport design and small-scale car production.
* 1962 Ogle was killed in a car crash involving one of his SX1000 cars, [[Tom Karen]] took over as Managing Director and Chief Designer of the company, and car production ceased.
* 1974 Separate divisions were formed for product and transport design.
* 1999 Oct. Ogle Models and Prototypes sold the design business to Ogle Noor.
* 1999 Ogle Noor formed.

==Designs==

===Household products===
* [[Bush TR82]] portable radio, launched in 1959

===Transport products===
* The [[Raleigh Chopper|Chopper]] bicycle for [[Raleigh (bicycle)|Raleigh]], launched in 1970
* For the [[Birmingham Small Arms]]-[[Triumph Engineering|Triumph motorcycles]] company
** The [[BSA Rocket 3]]
** The [[BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident|Triumph Trident]] T150
* For the [[Reliant Motor Company]]:
** The [[Reliant Scimitar|Scimitar GTE]], launched in 1968
** The [[Bond Bug]], launched in 1970
** The [[Reliant Robin|Robin]], launched in 1973
*For [[Plaxton]]:
** Plaxton Panorama I of 1964
** [[Plaxton Panorama Elite]] of 1968
** [[Plaxton Paramount]] range of coach bodies
* The [[Duple Dominant]] coach body launched in 1972
* [[Lucas Electric Taxi]], 1975<ref>{{cite journal |title=Taci trendsetter |journal=Autocar |date=25 October 1975 |volume=143 |issue=4120 |page=21}}</ref>
* Modular truck cab for [[Shelvoke and Drewry]] and [[Dennis Specialist Vehicles|Dennis]] refuse collection vehicles and fire appliances - launched in 1978.
* The [[Leyland Motors|Leyland]] Roadtrain range of Design Award winning truck cabs
** [[Leyland TX450]] 1986 technology demonstrator truck
* For [[George Lucas]]
** Luke Skywalker's XP-34 [[Landspeeder]]
* For the Otosan Automotive Company (Turkey)
** The [[Anadol A1]] (FW5) launched in 1966
* For [[Córas Iompair Éireann]]
** Leyland Atlantean D1-D602 (1967-1974)

==Car production==
[[File:Ogle SX1000 comp.jpg|thumb|[[Ogle SX1000]] in 1980]]

Between 1959 and 1962 they built a series of complete cars.

The first was the 1.5 based on an extended [[Riley (automobile)|Riley]] 1.5 chassis with BMC [[BMC B-Series engine|B series]] 1500 cc engine. The two-door, four-seater coupé-styled body was built of [[glass fibre]]. It was capable of nearly {{Convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} and eight were made with a price tag of £1574.

Made in greater numbers was the 1962 [[Ogle SX1000|SX1000]] based on the [[Mini]]. The first cars were built by grafting the Ogle glass fibre body to a customer supplied Mini. The conversion cost £550 plus the customer supplied base car. Later in 1962, complete cars became available with the 997 cc Cooper version costing £1176. Any of the Mini engines could be specified up to the [[Mini Cooper S]] unit which topped out at {{Convert|110|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The cars were fully equipped and featured a padded dashboard for increased safety.<ref name=IMS362>{{cite magazine | title = Hundkoja i lyxklass |trans-title=Luxury Mini | page = 22 | language = Swedish | editor-last = Björklund | editor-first = Bengt | location = Lerum, Sweden | magazine = Illustrerad Motor Sport | number = 3 | date = March 1962 }}</ref> It is thought that 66 were made, with [[Jack Brabham]] buying one for his wife Betty for their first anniversary.<ref name=IMS962>{{cite magazine | title = Från skilda fronter |trans-title=From different fronts | page = 26 | language = Swedish | editor-last = Björklund | editor-first = Bengt | location = Lerum, Sweden | magazine = Illustrerad Motor Sport | number = 9 | date = September 1962 }}</ref> Following David Ogle's death, it was decided to cease car production with the remaining parts being used up. A batch intended for the United States was converted to right-hand drive and sold onto the home market. It is thought the last one left the factory as late as 1964. The moulds were sold in 1966 to Norman Fletcher, a boat builder in [[West Bromwich]], West Midlands, who exhibited a Fletcher GT at the 1967 Racing Car Show.

The final car was the SX250, an updated [[Daimler SP250]] built in 1962. Two were made, but [[Daimler Company|Daimler]] was not interested and the design was sold to Reliant where it became the basis of the [[Reliant Scimitar|Scimitar GT]] which was launched in 1964.

In 2012 a replica Ogle SX1000 was available from Nostalgia Cars.<ref>[http://www.nostalgiacars.co.uk/ogle_full_details.html Nostalgia Cars Ogle SX1275]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oglenoor.com Ogle Noor Limited official website]
* [http://www.oglemodels.com Ogle Models & Prototypes official website]

[[Category:Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Companies based in North Hertfordshire District]]
[[Category:Automotive companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Design companies established in 1954]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in England]]