In November 1909, the Owen Motor Car Company was founded in Detroit, Michigan with an initial capitalization of $500,000, an enormous sum at the time. Even then Detroit was the leading location for automobile manufacturers, with the January 1910 edition of Motor magazine noting Owen was the latest in a long list of Detroit can manufacturers. Named after founder Ralph R. Owen, the company was lead by Owen, Angus Smith, and Frank E. Robinson, all formerly employees of Olds Motor Works. Smith was treasurer and Owen was the factory manager, respectively, of the Olds Motor Works prior to their resignations from that company in the late Summer of 1909. Aiming high in the market, Owen produced the Owen Berlin, a luxurious enclosed automobile and featured its automobile’s large wheels, Owen designed suspension, and long stroke motor in their advertisements. Like most other automotive enterprises of the day, within a handful of years the Owen Motor Car Company failed, leaving behind only such memories as this ad from the September 1, 1910 edition of Motor Age magazine.
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