Author: Mark Braunstein
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Morgan Dealers Raising The Profile (www.mogmag.co.uk)
Today, glossy, hi-tech car dealerships are an everyday part of the car purchase process, but back in the day, when Harry Morgan was promoting his Runabout, dealers who could interface with customers on behalf of the factory were few and far between. MMC Archivist Martyn Webb traces the history of the early Morgan dealers and…
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Morgan Will Bring the Plus 8 50th Anniversary Edition to Geneva (www.thedrive.com)
This special edition of the iconic sports car will be the last Morgan to have a naturally-aspirated V-8. [This line tells us what we were wondering. We all had our opinions but no real facts. ‘Just what would Morgan do for a high end motor given the end of the BMW V-8s? Would they simply…
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Morgan Spreading the Word on UK Innovation (www.smeweb.com)
[There must be a number of reasons (that we just don’t fully comprehend) the US market is not being targeted by Morgan. Too hard, too litigious, too regulated, etc. I guess we have to buy our next Morgans in China? Mark] Morgan Motor Company is travelling to Hong Kong with HSBC to support the GREAT…
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Gold Coast All British Show in Boca Raton, Florida
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We the Bycroft’s and the Braunstein’s each set off early Saturday morning so as to meet up at the Port St Lucie service plaza en route to the 25th Annual British Car Show vic Boca Raton, Florida hosted by Gold Coast British Sports Car Club. After an uneventful and pleasant drive we arrived at our…
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Exports drive record sales and profits at Morgan, as classic British sports car maker says it will unveil new models (www.thisismoney.co.uk)
[The hype for Geneva is starting. Interesting to see if anything is announced beyond the Aero GT, the Anniversary Plus 8 and of course, something about the EV3. Cheers, Mark] British sports car maker Morgan has revealed record sales and profits helped by a boom in foreign demand. The 109-year-old family-owned firm said exports were…
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Morgan Motor Company Announces 2017 Results (www.motorlegend.com)
[For those of you that are interested in such things. . . The financial health of the MMC appears to be good and that should result in continued operations for some, or at least we hope so. Mark] Morgan Motor Company recorded excellent sales results in 2017, which now allows it to post revenues (£…
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A Man and His Morgan
A short, albeit older (Circa 1982), film about Bill Fink (the Honored Guest at the MOGSouth Fortieth Anniversary Meet in Aiken, SC in 2015). (FYI – The cream and burgundy car seen at 0:51 – 1:00 is Braunstein’s ’81 4/4.) It has some great shots of his SLR and racing the car on the track.…
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Waltman’s incredible racing feat 50 years ago in Rolex 24 (www.news-journalonline.com)
DAYTONA BEACH — Fifty years ago a British Airways pilot named George Waltman took a car that a friend found at a police impound lot in the Bronx and drove it down to Florida for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The big difference between Waltman and others coming down for the event was that he…
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Morgan Looks Back on Its Best Year Ever, and Forward to 2018 (www.worcesternews.co.uk)
MALVERN’S iconic Morgan sports car company enjoyed its best year yet in 2017, the firm revealed this week. The company’s work force grew from 170 staff members in 2016 to a current level of 201. This number includes six apprentices, and the firm is looking to recruit more next year. The Morgan factory brings 30,000…
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James May on Morgans (topgear.com)
If someone had asked me in the pub, I would have said that everything about a Morgan sports car is definitely not me. For a start, they are made in a place called The Malverns, which my school atlas reveals is as near as damn it to Wales, a place where I have been sentenced to death…