Morgan - All - End of an Era

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 09:42
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Brit_in_Germany

I see that the Morgan Motor Company has sold a majority stake to an Italian consortium. Was this the end of British owned car manufacturing?

www.morgan-motor.co.uk/investindustrial/

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 11:43
Morgan - All - End of an Era - focussed

A very disappointing development - I'm sorry for the craftsmen and employees who must be wondering where this will lead.

I've still got the owner's handbook for my father's pre-war 4/4 which he sold just before WW2.

Edited by focussed on 06/03/2019 at 11:45

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 13:38
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Falkirk Bairn

A few years back that last of the Morgan CEOs was voted out / off the board - start of the selling off process?

Sad really.

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 15:04
Morgan - All - End of an Era - badbusdriver

Absolutely love the 3 wheeler, including the electric version. That episode of Top Gear where Hammond had the Morgan 3 wheeler, the expressions on the faces of Clarkson and May when Hammond started doing donuts was priceless!.

I really worry about what this new developement will mean for the company and employees.

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 15:47
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Cris_on_the_gas

Fond memories of the TV program some years ago with John Harvey-Jones who visited Morgan Factory and suggested ways they could improve productivity, reduce the 6 year long waiting list and increase profits substantially.

The owners/managers at the time ignored the great man and carried on regardless.

I guess if you only appeal to older, well healed clients your customers soon die off.

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 16:53
Morgan - All - End of an Era - skidpan

Fond memories of the TV program some years ago with John Harvey-Jones who visited Morgan Factory and suggested ways they could improve productivity, reduce the 6 year long waiting list and increase profits substantially.

Since that programme Morgan have changed, production has increased and waiting lists fallen. Just because John Harvey-Jones was a guru in some industry's does not mean his methods would have worked at Morgan.

Hopefully the buyers can see the value in the brand and build on that.

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Thu 7 Mar 2019 09:16
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Andrew-T

I guess if you only appeal to older, well healed clients .......

Nice one ... :-) sorry ...

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 18:13
Morgan - All - End of an Era - focussed

I had a vague interest in the modern 3 wheeler, until I found out the serious problems owners have had and are still having with the drive-line and final reduction drive.

(Edit - sorry about swear filter, which picked up d r i v e l ! I've put a hyphen in.)

Edited by Avant on 07/03/2019 at 00:18

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Thu 7 Mar 2019 07:54
Morgan - All - End of an Era - edlithgow

I had a vague interest in the modern 3 wheeler, until I found out the serious problems owners have had and are still having with the drive-line and final reduction drive.

(Edit - sorry about swear filter, which picked up d r i v e l ! I've put a hyphen in.)

So that's swearing now?

Is it f***!

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Thu 7 Mar 2019 09:19
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Andrew-T

I really worry about what this new developement will mean for the company and employees.

I don't know how things are now, but a decade or two ago many people who ordered a new Morgan just put it up for sale when it finally arrived, and made a few bob. So the public may have made as much profit as the makers?

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 18:09
Morgan - All - End of an Era - focussed

The current CEO/Chairman is not a technologist, engineer, salesman, or car company man, he's a venture capitalist- says it all really!

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Mon 20 May 2019 10:53
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Bladerrw

The current CEO/Chairman is not a technologist, engineer, salesman, or car company man, he's a venture capitalist- says it all really!

Who's that then?

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Wed 22 May 2019 21:42
Morgan - All - End of an Era - focussed

Dominic Riley.

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Thu 23 May 2019 01:32
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Avant

Dominic Riley is the new chairman, but the company is being run by Steve Morris who has been at Morgan for over 30 years.

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Thu 23 May 2019 14:26
Morgan - All - End of an Era - alan1302

I see that the Morgan Motor Company has sold a majority stake to an Italian consortium. Was this the end of British owned car manufacturing?

www.morgan-motor.co.uk/investindustrial/

Why do you think they will stop making Morgans in the UK?

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Thu 23 May 2019 19:41
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Sofa Spud

Morgan must be the only company to make retro-styled cars loosely based on a classic design while also continuing to make the original classic design as well!

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Thu 23 May 2019 22:31
Morgan - All - End of an Era - Brit_in_Germany

I think you missed the word "owned" Alan. Are there any British owned manufacturers left?

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Fri 24 May 2019 14:24
Morgan - All - End of an Era - alan1302

I think you missed the word "owned" Alan. Are there any British owned manufacturers left?

Ah, yes - I did - sorry!

Don't think there are any left now...although personally more interested where a company produces the vehicle rather than who owns them.

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