Saturday, January 7, 2012

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The Morgan Motor Company is a British Motor Car Manufacturer . The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally know as "HFs" and  was run by him until he died ,aged 77, in 1959 . Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S ran the comapany until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter Morgan. Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern , Worcestershire and employs 163 people. Morgan produced 640 cars in 2007. All the cars are assembled by hand. The waiting list for a car is approximately one to two years, although it has been as high as ten years in the past.The visitor centre and museum feature a guided tour of the factory and exhibits about the company's history from Edwardian times until the present day, developments in automobile technology, and a display of automobiles.

The early cars were two-seat or four-seat three-wheelers, and are therefore considered to be cyclecars. Three-wheeled vehicles avoided the British tax on cars by being classified as motorcycles. Competition from small cars like the Austin 7 and the original Morris Minor, with comparable economy and price and better comfort, made cyclecars less attractive.

In 2004 , Morgan came out with a traditional style model to replace the departing Plus 8. The new model named the Roadster in powered by  a Ford UK Mondeo v6 producing 212 b hp (158 KW, 251 PS) . In 2007 , the Mondale engine was replaced by US version of the same engine in the Roadster II. In 2000, the Morgan Aero 8 was introduced and as always , the wooden body substructure was ash (Con tray to popular myth, however the chassis is metal ) aluminum for the Aero 8) The Aero 8, with a BMW V8 engine in a car weighing less than a BMW Z4 and considerably less than a BMW M3, (though more than traditional Morgans) is even faster than the Plus 8, delivering what Auto week magazine termed super car performance. The newest Aero 8 (Ser. IV) puts out 367 hp (274 kW) at 6100 rpm giving it a top speed of over 170 mph (270 km/h). Due to the Aero 8's light weight it can do 0–62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.5 seconds .

Based on the same chassis as the Aero Supersports, the Eva GT will be a 2+2 grand tourer, and as such it is longer in the body. The Eva GT will use BMW N54 twin-turbo straight-6 producing 302 bhp, this is Euro-6 emissions compliant. Launched at Pebble Beach 2010 and expected to go on sale in 2013, deposits have been taken since 2010.



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For part of the 1950s and 1960s, the USA provided the company with its largest market worldwide, taking up to 85% of all production . In 2005, the engine was replaced with the US version of another traditionally-shaped model (with a V6) called the Roadster. In 2002, Morgan centralised its international compliancy development and regulatory interaction in-house . In 2005, its right to import its classic models ceased when supplies of its necessary airbag were exhausted and no replacement was developed. In 2006, a request for an airbag exemption to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was refused, and the import of classic Morgans ceased . In spite of their traditional design, Morgans have always had sporting or "sports car" performance, due to their extremely low weight. The rear-impact exemption lapsed in May 2008 without further application. Morgan has indicated to its US dealers that it plans to re-apply for US certification for some model at as yet an undetermined date in the future. This ended with the first wave of US safety and emission regulations in 1971


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