Rogers Motor Car Company

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Rogers Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1912
Seat Omaha , Nebraska , USA
management Ralph F. Rogers
Branch Automobiles

Rogers Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Ralph F. Rogers was from Chicago . He had developed a high wheeler in 1909 . In the same year he founded the company together with CA Overholt. The headquarters were in Omaha and the factory in nearby Ralston , both in Nebraska . Financial problems delayed the start of series production until the end of 1910 for the 1911 model year. This made the company the last to come onto the market with a highwheeler. The brand name was Rogers . Production ended in 1912. In total, fewer than 500 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Only high-wheelers were on offer. The big wheels were good for the bad roads of the time. They had a two-cylinder engine with air cooling . 120.65 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 2323 cm³ . The engine output of 18 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase .

In model year 1911, there was the Series B . Versions were Model B-2 as a two-seat runabout , Model B-3 as a three-seat roadster and Model B-4 as a four-seat Surrey .

The following year it was Series C . The three-seater was omitted. The only options left were Model C-2 and Model C-4 .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911 Series B Model B-2 2 18th 229 Runabout 2-seater
1911 Series B Model B-3 2 18th 229 Roadster 3-seater
1911 Series B Model B-4 2 18th 229 Surrey 4 seater
1912 Series C Model C-2 2 18th 229 Runabout 2-seater
1912 Series C Model C-4 2 18th 229 Surrey 4 seater

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1306 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1349 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1306 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1349 (English).