private industry motoring founded 1910 founder h.f.s. morgan headquarters malvern worcestershire england key people chairmen h.george morgan 1910 1933 h.f.s. morgan 1910 1959 peter morgan 1959 2003 alan garnett 2003 2006 andrew duncan 2013 products motor cars revenue all divisions 34 million uk companies house 2012 financials owner morgan family 100 % number of employees 163 uk companies house 2009 financials website morgan motor.co.uk the morgan motor company is a family owned british motor car manufacturer that was founded in 1910 by henry frederick stanley morgan . morgan is based in malvern link an area of malvern worcestershire and employs 163 people . morgan has stated that they produce in excess of 1300 cars per year 1 all assembled by hand . the waiting list for a car is approximately six months although it has been as long as ten years in the past . a visitor centre and museum feature exhibits about the company s history from edwardian times until the present day developments in automobile technology and a display of automobiles . there are also guided tours of the factory . contents 1 company history 2 early cars three wheelers and 4 4s 2.1 v twin three wheelers 1911 1939 2.2 f series three wheelers 1932 1952 2.3 4 4 3 postwar cars 3.1 morgan 4 3.1.1 morgan 4 3.2 morgan 4 4 3.3 morgan 8 3.4 roadster 3.5 morgan aero 8 series i v 3.6 morgan aeromax 3.7 morgan aero supersports 3.8 morgan aero coupe 3.9 morgan aero plus 8 3.10 morgan plus e 3.11 morgan eva gt 3.12 morgan 3 wheeler 4 availability in the united states 5 general characteristics 5.1 suspension 6 models 7 motorsports 8 in popular culture 9 see also 10 references 11 external links company history edit single seat morgan runabout similar to hfs morgan s 1909 car rear view showing swingarm rear suspension henry frederick stanley morgan generally known as hfs was an employee of the great western railway who bought his first car in 1902 at the age of 21 . in 1904 he left his railway job and co founded a motor sales and servicing garage in malvern link . in 1909 he designed and built a car for his own use . he began production a year later and the company prospered . morgan continued to run it until he died at age 77 in 1959 . 2 peter morgan son of hfs ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003 . he was replaced as chairman by alan garnett a non family director from 2003 to 2006 . after mr. garnett s resignation a four man management team was set up . charles morgan son of peter matthew parkin tim whitworth steve morris made up the new management team and in 2010 after mr. parkin s resignation charles morgan was named managing director . however in january 2013 charles morgan was removed as managing director replaced by steve morris . he continued as strategy director until october 2013 when he was removed both as an employee and from the board of directors . 3 4 5 at the end of 2013 the shareholders appointed andrew duncan a local solicitor as the chairman . in 2016 he resigned as chairman and company director and was replaced as chairman by a new director by dominic riley a business turnaround expert . citation needed early cars three wheelers and 4 4s edit 1912 morgan runabout deluxe morgan aero 2 seater sports 1926 morgan super sports 1937 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 . v twin three wheelers 1911 1939 edit h.f.s. morgan s first car design was a single seat three wheeled runabout which was fabricated for his personal use in 1909 . interest in his runabout led him to patent his design and begin production . while he initially showed single seat and two seat versions of his runabout at the 1911 olympia motor exhibition he was convinced at the exhibition that there would be greater demand for a two seat model . 6 the morgan motor company was registered as a limited private company only in 1912 with h.f.s. morgan as managing director and his father who had invested in his son s business as its first chairman . 2 morgan established its reputation via competition such as winning the 1913 cyclecar grand prix at amiens in france . this became the basis for the grand prix model of 1913 to 1926 from which evolved the aero and sports models . 7 these models used air cooled or liquid cooled variations of motorcycle engines . 8 the engine was placed ahead of the axis of the front wheels in a chassis made of steel tubes brazed into cast lugs . 9 the v twin models were not returned to production after world war ii . f series three wheelers 1932 1952 edit 1936 morgan f4 open tourer the morgan f 4 was introduced in 1933 at the olympia motor cycle show . 10 the f 4 had a new pressed steel chassis 9 the four cylinder ford sidevalve engine used in the model y and a four seat body . 7 10 the f 4 was supplemented by the two seat f 2 in 1935 and the more sporting f super with cycle type wings and louvred bonnet tops in 1937 . production of the ford engined three wheelers continued until 1952 . 7 10 4 4 edit 1939 morgan 4 4 series i morgan s first four wheeler was the 4 4 for four cylinder engine and four wheels . the first production 4 wheeled morgan was released to the public in 1936 and is known as the morgan 4 4 series 1 . three wheeler production continued alongside the 4 4 until 1952 . postwar cars edit morgan 4 edit 1952 flat radiator morgan 4 1963 morgan 4 main article morgan 4 the morgan 4 was introduced in 1950 as a larger engined plus car than the 4 4 . the 4 used the 2088 cc standard vanguard engine while the 4 4 used a standard special 1267 cc engine 1950 58 . later 4s used triumph tr2 tr4 engines 1954 1969 . plus 4 production was suspended in 1969 but brought back in 1985 with a fiat engine 1985 1988 and then a 4 cylinder rover engine 1988 2000 . production was again suspended and the plus 4 returned once more in 2004 with a 155 bhp 116 kw ; 157 ps ford 4 cylinder . morgan 4 edit main article morgan 4 a version of the 4 designated the 4 was made from 1964 to 1967 with a contemporary fibreglass coupe body . the light weight and reduced drag characteristics improved the performance of the 4 over the regular 4 in every aspect . however the traditional morgan enthusiasts did not embrace this departure from morgan custom and mainstream enthusiasts did not embrace the seemingly archaic 4 chassis . only 26 4 cars were built . limited edition plus 4 model is re introduced in the year 2014 as plus 4 super sports where only 60 cars are made available and each car will be right hand drive . morgan 4 4 edit 1974 morgan 4 4 main article morgan 4 4 the 4 4 was replaced by the 4 4 in 1955 . the 4 4 now uses the 8 chassis and a ford engine . morgan 8 edit main article morgan plus 8 faced with the decreasing availability of large four cylinder engines for use in their 4 models morgan began to install the recently available rover v8 engine in their cars in 1968 giving these cars the model designation 8 . the engine displacement jumped from the 2.3 l of the triumph tr4 engine to 3.5 l then 3.9 l 1990 4.0 1998 2004 with an optional 4.6 l 1996 2000 all based on the same land rover block . however the v 8 was no longer than the triumph . these features made the 8 accelerate much more quickly than the early 4 and also improved its road holding capability . horsepower 143 204 bhp weight and performance varied with emission and structural laws through its history . in its final form the gems land rover v8 produced 190 hp 140 kw . thus powered the car could accelerate from 0 60 mph in 5.6 seconds . roadster at 76e international motorshow geneva 2006 roadster edit main article morgan roadster in 2004 morgan came out with a traditional styled model to replace the departing plus 8 . the mk i roadsters with the ford uk mondeo v6 produced 223 bhp 166 kw 226 ps at 6150 rev min . it had a getrag gearbox with direct drive in 5th with a 3.08 axle ratio . later marks had a ford gearbox with direct drive in 4th with a 3.73 axle ratio . the overall gearing is virtually the same . the later roadsters were powered by a ford uk mondeo v6 producing 204 bhp 152 kw ; 207 ps . in 2007 the mondeo engine was replaced by a u.s. specification version of the same engine in the roadster ii . in 2011 12 the engine was replaced by the 3.7 duratec cyclone engine and output increased to 280 bhp 209 kw ; 284 ps . the company calls this latest model the roadster 3.7 . morgan aero 8 series i v edit a modern morgan aero 8 at the scarsdale concours main article morgan aero 8 in 2000 the morgan aero 8 was introduced and as always the wooden body substructure was ash . contrary to popular myth however the chassis is metal ; aluminium 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 autoweek magazine termed supercar performance . the newest aero 8 series v presented in march 2015 puts out 367 hp 274 kw at 6100 rpm with the company suggesting 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 . 11 during its customer production lifetime 2002 2009 the aero was configured in five official versions i ii iii iv the aero america and v with mild variations in styling engines transmissions braking and suspension . the company canceled the model in 2009 but relaunched it in 2015 for 2016 deliveries . the year of highest production for any aero variation was 2002 . morgan aeromax edit morgan aeromax showing distinct boat tail rear main article morgan aero 8 the aero was followed by the aeromax a limited edition of 100 units produced between 2008 and early 2010 . the aeromax was a coup variation of the aero 8 . customers have included richard hammond rowan atkinson and paul o grady . morgan aero supersports edit main article morgan aero 8 the morgan aero supersports is a targa roofed version of the aeromax sharing its bonded aluminium chassis and lower bodywork with the coupe . 12 it was launched at the 2009 pebble beach car show in california . its cancellation was announced in march 2015 . morgan aero coupe edit main article morgan aero 8 the morgan aero coupe is a hard top version of the aero supersports sharing its bonded aluminium chassis bodywork suspension and engine . it was launched at