Ogle Design
Ogle Design is a UK based design studio, which is based in Letchworth ( Hertfordshire).
History
The company was founded as D. Ogle Ltd.. Founded in 1954 by David Ogle and dealt with industrial design. In 1959 with the design and the Kleinserienbau of automobiles. The first Ogle car that Ogle 1.5, was introduced in 1961 and was based on the Riley 1.5. Other trucks, all sports coupe, developed on the basis of the Mini. 1962 accident, the company founder in a fatal Ogle SX 1000th
Was the small-series production until 1962, already not very extensive, it was discontinued after Ogles death altogether. Overall, only 76 Ogle had been built. Nevertheless, further prototypes, including the coupe Ogle SX 250 based on the Daimler SP250 and a sedan, which was based on the Ford Cortina emerged. From the Ogle SX 250 was later the production model Reliant Scimitar. 1971 designed Ogles chief designer Tom Karen on behalf of a cigarette manufacturer to Ogle Sotheby special on the chassis of the Aston Martin DBS V8, two years later came a second copy, which was based on the Aston Martin V8 I.
In 1974, the company was divided into two separate areas of industrial design and automotive design. 1999 Ogle Noor Division was established.
The Ogle SX 1000 is now available again and is being built by Nostalgia Cars.