Ogres Servisa Centers

Ogres Servisa Centers
legal form	SIA
founding	1983
Seat	Ogre , Latvia
management	Andris Dambis
Branch	Automobile manufacturer
Website	http://osc.lv/

Oscar from 2003

Side view

Rear view

Ogres Servisa Centrs is a Latvian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Ogre in 1983 . In 2003, the production of automobiles began under the direction of Andris Dambis. The brand name is Oscar ( own spelling OSCar ).

vehicles

The company manufactures vehicles for rallies . The first, introduced in 2003 model Oscar had a eight-cylinder engine with 3982 cc displacement and 236 hp . The top speed was given as 170 km / h. In 2005 the Oscar had an eight-cylinder engine from Chevrolet with a displacement of 5665 cm³ and 310 hp. This made 180 km / h possible. The Oscar 03 presented in 2006 had an identical motor. All vehicles have a wheelbase of 290 cm.

Deployments in the Dakar Rally

The vehicles are used successfully in the Dakar Rally . In 2004 the Rally Raid Riga team took part with three Oscar vehicles: Andris Lukstins with co-driver Ivars Krauklis, Andris Lambis with co-driver Ainars Princis and Janis Azis with co-driver Valdis Purvinskis. In 2005 the same team took part again with three vehicles: Janis Azis with co-driver Ainars Princis, Maris Saukans with co-driver Didzis Zarins and Igor Skoks with co-driver Agris Pikis. In 2006 at least Maris Saukans and Andris Dambis drove with the starting number 420. In 2012, Maris Saukans and Andris Dambis took part for the first time with an electric car with a range extender and achieved 77th place.

literature

Edvīns Liepiņš: Riga and the Automobile. Jelgava Publishing House, Riga 2007, ISBN 9984-39-090-X (Latvian and English).

Web links

Commons : Ogres Servisa Centrs - collection of images, videos and audio files

Company website (Latvian and English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Edvīns Liepiņš: Riga and the Automobile. Jelgava Publishing House, Riga 2007, ISBN 9984-39-090-X (Latvian and English).
↑ List of participants of the Dakar 2004 ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed January 1, 2013) @1@ 2

↑ List of participants of the Dakar 2005 ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed January 1, 2013) @1@ 2

↑ www.elektroauto-start.de about the Dakar 2012 (accessed on January 1, 2013)

[Riga_and_the_Automobile-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Edvīns Liepiņš: Riga and the Automobile. Jelgava Publishing House, Riga 2007, ISBN 9984-39-090-X (Latvian and English).

[Dakar_2004-2] List of participants of the Dakar 2004 ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed January 1, 2013) @1@ 2

[Dakar_2005-3] List of participants of the Dakar 2005 ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed January 1, 2013) @1@ 2

[Dakar_2012-4] www.elektroauto-start.de about the Dakar 2012 (accessed on January 1, 2013)