Category: Miscellaneous News
This category is used to post interesting articles and news reports that have some relation to Morgans or the hobby. If you have a news item that should be shared, send us a note at mogsouth@yahoo.com.
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Thoroughly modern Morgan: the beloved Plus Four gets a revamp (Financial Times)
Read more: Thoroughly modern Morgan: the beloved Plus Four gets a revamp (Financial Times)The relaunched classic boasts old-school beauty – and breathtaking speed When jovial business guru the late John Harvey-Jones visited the Morgan Motor Company in 1990 for the BBC’s Troubleshooter show, he declared the firm “almost automatically…
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Morgan Bids Farewell To 84-Year-Old Steel Chassis As Production Comes To An End (Carscoops.com, 7 July 2020)
Read more: Morgan Bids Farewell To 84-Year-Old Steel Chassis As Production Comes To An End (Carscoops.com, 7 July 2020)This week marks a historic moment for Morgan Motor Company, as the boutique sports car manufacturer has made its last-ever steel chassis. Introduced in 1936, the steel chassis has been produced continuously ever since, making…
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The Very British Morgan Revamps the Plus Four
Read more: The Very British Morgan Revamps the Plus Four(13 June 2020 / https://www.barrons.com/) The Morgan Motor Company is a fascinating remnant of a once-thriving British car industry. Morgan was founded in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan, whose first product was the delightfully wacky Morgan Three Wheeler,…
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The NEW 2020 Morgan Plus Four! [First Drive] – (Youtube.com 7 June 2020)
Read more: The NEW 2020 Morgan Plus Four! [First Drive] – (Youtube.com 7 June 2020)[This is a fairly positive report about the new CX Chassis’d Plus 4. The rumor is that this Plus 4 will come to the US as a component car. I am not sure when. Talk…
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Morgan Motors has resumed production this week, but in very limited numbers – 14 May 2020 (www.alexandtomstech.com)
Read more: Morgan Motors has resumed production this week, but in very limited numbers – 14 May 2020 (www.alexandtomstech.com)Like other UK based car factories, Morgan Motors stopped production back at the end of March to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. This week the company has resumed production at its Malvern Hills based factory…
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Looking for good news? Us too – thank goodness for Morgan’s ambitious design boss…
Read more: Looking for good news? Us too – thank goodness for Morgan’s ambitious design boss…Morgan in 2020 | Reasons to be cheerful By Sam Sheehan / April 9, 2020 /www.pistonheads Morgan is probably one of very few British companies that still has a spring in its step during lockdown.…
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The Morgan Plus 4 Is Luxury by Subtraction
Read more: The Morgan Plus 4 Is Luxury by SubtractionBy Bob Sorokanich, April 6, 2020, https://www.roadandtrack.com/ Photos by Tony Harmer On a stunning road trip to the Gamble House, we rediscover the joy of doing things the old way. The gamble house is the…
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MORGAN, LOTUS AND CATERHAM – THE BRITISH CONNECTION
Read more: MORGAN, LOTUS AND CATERHAM – THE BRITISH CONNECTIONBY CHRIS POLLITT April 12, 2020 (https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/) Photography by Bruce Holder The lead shot for this feature wasn’t easy to get. A close-knit tracking shot is only ever millimetres away from looking like a Hollywood car…
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MORGAN MOTOR COMPANY STATEMENT (24 Mar 2000)
Read more: MORGAN MOTOR COMPANY STATEMENT (24 Mar 2000)The principles of family have defined the Morgan Motor Company for generations. We’re not just talking about H.F.S Morgan – who founded the company 111 years ago – and his descendants, but the wider Morgan…
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Morgan ends 70-year run of building Plus 4 sports car (https://driving.ca/ – 1/20/2020)
Read more: Morgan ends 70-year run of building Plus 4 sports car (https://driving.ca/ – 1/20/2020)The roadster hasn’t changed much over seven decades — that goes for this send-off run, too It would appear that the demand is still there for the traditional ladder frame cars so the MMC, not…