Timeline

1. August 11, 188111 Aug

   HFS Morgan born.

22 years with nothing recorded

1. Late 1904

   HFS Morgan leaves the Great Western Railway after about seven years as a pupil and draughtsman at the Swindon works.Sources differ. Boddy and the unsigned company history say 1906. Wikipedia says late 1904.Motor Sport, 1965, Unsigned company history, Wikipedia Read more

1. c. 1905–1906

   HFS runs an early bus service from Malvern Link to Malvern Wells, later to Gloucester, using a 10 hp Wolseley. He later switches to hire cars.

1. January 6, 19066 Jan

   Harry Morgan opened his Worcester branch of Morgan & Co. on Worcester Road.Sources differ. Wikipedia and Morgan’s own history put the first garage at Malvern Link in May 1905.Wikipedia, Morgan, History (2022) Read more

1. February 11, 190911 Feb

   First Morgan built.

2. 1909

   Stephenson Peach, the engineering master at Malvern College, helps HFS machine the parts for his first three-wheeler, as the garage has almost no machine tools.

1. September 8, 19108 Sep

   HFS Morgan applies for a patent on “Improvements in the Design and Construction of Tri-cars or other Light Automobile Vehicles” (GB 20,986), covering the front suspension.

2. November 21, 191021 Nov

   Morgan first shown at Olympia Motor Cycle Show

3. December 26, 191026 Dec

   Harry Morgan enters Morgan's first competitive event, the MCC London to Exeter Winter Trial in a Runabout, and won a Gold Medal.

4. 1910

   The patent drawings for the Morgan independent front suspension are drawn by a young John Black. He later becomes Sir John Black, head of the Standard Motor Company.

5. c. 1910–1914

   In the few years before the First World War Morgans take 10 British and world records and 24 gold medals in major reliability trials, by the company’s own count.

1. August 17, 191117 Aug

   HFS Morgan’s 1910 suspension patent (GB 20,986) is accepted.

2. November 23, 191123 Nov

   Morgan shows four models at the Olympia Motor Cycle Show: two single-seaters and two two-seaters (“sociables”), and a bare chassis. The Motor Cycle calls them “quite in the front rank of self-contained passenger motor cycles”.

3. December 5, 19115 Dec

   Harrods becomes the sole concessionaire for Morgan, and introduces their own bodywork for it.

4. 1911

   Harrods managing director Mr Burbridge puts a two-seater Morgan in the store window. The company later said it was the only car ever shown in a Harrods window.

5. August 1911

   Godfrey Applebee Ltd, of Great Portland Street, London, advertises as “sole London agents for Morgan Runabouts”, four months before Harrods becomes sole concessionaire.

1. March 27, 191227 Mar

   1st cyclecar race to be run at Brooklands, won by Harry Martin in a Morgan

2. April 1, 19121 Apr

   Morgan & Co. becomes Morgan Motor Company Limited.

3. June 12, 191212 Jun

   Harry Morgan marries Hilda Ruth Day.

4. November 9, 19129 Nov

   HFS Morgan wins the Brooklands cyclecar hour race and takes the hour record from J. T. Wood (47 miles 1,390 yards, 25 September 1912), covering almost 60 miles in the hour.

5. 1912

   At the company’s formation, HFS’s father, Prebendary H.G. Morgan, becomes chairman and HFS becomes managing director. HFS and Ruth live next door to the first works on the Worcester Road.

6. 1912

   HFS’s father attends his son’s Brooklands one-hour record in a top hat, which the company calls probably the only top hat ever worn at the circuit.

7. August 1912

   Morgan stops having Runabout bodies built in Bromyard by Albert Pettifer and turns to William Clare, a coachbuilder half a mile from the works.

8. c. 1912–1913

   HFS’s sister, Miss Dorothy Morgan, is a regular entrant in reliability trials and wins many first-class awards driving a three-wheeler, by Morgan’s own account.

1. July 13, 191313 Jul

   W. G. McMinnies, in a Morgan classed with the sidecars as a three-wheeler, wins the three-wheeler class at the Amiens Grand Prix and makes the fastest time of all the passenger machines (3 h 53 m 9 s, 41.9 mph). The cycle-car class and its prize go to Bourbeau’s Bédélia (3 h 55 m 54 s).

2. July 17, 191317 Jul

   HFS Morgan writes to The Motor Cycle disputing the classing of three-wheelers with sidecars after Amiens; the Cycle Car Club replies a week later.

3. November 24, 191324 Nov

   Olympia Motorcycle Show opens to rave reviews for Morgan.

4. 1913

   HFS Morgan wins the ACU Six Days’ Trial.Sources differ. The Motor Cycle’s results table gives him a gold medal. Wikipedia says he won.The Motor Cycle, 28 August 1913, Wikipedia

5. 1913

   A Morgan sets the fastest time of the day at the Shelsley Walsh hill climb.

6. 1913

   A Morgan wins the Cyclecar Club’s Fuel Consumption Trial at 69.4 mpg. A two-seater costs 85 guineas at this time.

7. 1913

   W.G. McMinnies nicknames his Amiens-winning car the “Jabberwocky of Picardy”. The racing model becomes known as the Grand Prix.

1. August 7, 19147 Aug

   Completion of Morgan's new Pickersleigh Road works.Sources differ. The unsigned company history says the new works opened in 1918, and Grace’s Guide puts an extension in October 1919.Unsigned company history, Grace’s Guide Read more

2. September 12, 191412 Sep

   Harry Morgan patents a design for a four-wheeled Morgan.

3. 1914

   Morgan is excluded from the RAC Light Car and Cyclecar Trial because the car has three wheels, not four. A four-wheeler with a Dorman four-cylinder engine is designed in response but never built.

4. 1914–1918

   During the First World War, car output dwindles as men are called up. The works turns mainly to munitions and machinery for the war effort, and Malvern becomes a garrison town.

1. 1915

   A four-seater is built for the Morgan family’s own use. After the war it goes on sale as the Family Runabout.

1. 1916

   Lt William Leefe Robinson VC, the first pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain (September 1916), is recorded as a Morgan driver.

1. 1917

   Flying ace Captain Albert Ball VC owns a Morgan. He is said to have called it the nearest thing to flying without leaving the ground. He is killed on 7 May 1917, weeks after taking delivery. Accounts differ on the model: Motor Sport says a water-cooled, M.A.G.-engined car with disc wheels; others say a special Grand Prix model, whose changes are said to have influenced the Aero model of 1920.

1. 1918

   Morgan experiments with a J.A.P. engine that has one water-cooled and one air-cooled cylinder.

2. 1918–1919

   HFS’s eldest daughter, Sylvia, lays the foundation stone of the new Pickersleigh Road factory, built to reach 50 cars a week. This made Morgan one of the largest British car producers of the time.

1. October 16, 191916 Oct

   Official opening of the Pickersleigh Road extension.

2. November 3, 19193 Nov

   Peter Morgan born in Malvern Link.

3. November 22, 191922 Nov

   A new model, the Aero, is introduced at the Olympia Show.Sources differ. Morgan’s own history dates the Aero to 1920.Morgan, History (2022)

4. November 22, 191922 Nov

   A new model, the four-seater Family, is introduced at the Olympia Show.

5. 1919

   Helped by the car’s simplicity, Morgan is one of the first British makers back in full production after the war.

6. 1919–1921

   The Darmont brothers agree to build Morgans under licence at Courbevoie, near Paris, to avoid French import duty. The Darmont-Morgan goes on sale in 1921 and is made almost entirely in France by 1922.

1. 1920

   Three-wheeler prices: £145 for the Sporting model, £150 for the Grand Prix and £160 for the water-cooled De Luxe.

1. 1921

   The Popular model is launched at £150.

2. c. 1921

   Brooklands organisers (the BARC) stop allowing three-wheelers at their meetings, so Morgans race at club and BMCRC events instead.

3. 1921

   The works is building about 30 cars a week.

4. 1921

   Darmont-built Morgans take the first three places in the Paris–Nice trial.

1. 1923

   The Standard model is cut to £100, with lighting £8 extra.

1. c. 1924

   The first Stork mascot is seen.

2. 1924

   E.B. Ware’s Morgan crashes in the JCC 200 Mile Race at Brooklands after a rear tyre failure, and three-wheelers are banned from racing against cars there.

1. 1925

   George Goodall joins as General Manager, replacing A. Hales, who had been with HFS since 1911. He later becomes Managing Director and retires at the end of 1958.

1. 1927

   The Super Aero sports model is introduced.

2. 1927

   A Standard three-wheeler costs £89 and an air-cooled Aero £111.

1. August 1928

   The New Cyclecar Club’s first Brooklands meeting brings three-wheelers back to racing there, four years after the ban that followed E.B. Ware’s crash.

1. September 7, 19297 Sep

   Gwenda Stewart drove 101.55 miles in 1 hour, the first time a 3-wheeler had covered over 100 miles in an hour.

2. 1929

   The Super Sports three-wheeler costs £145.

1. 1930

   At Montlhéry, Gwenda Stewart and S.C.H. Davis set Morgan records from 1,500 km to 24 hours; her highest officially timed speed is 113.52 mph.

1. 1931

   A new three-wheeler arrives with three forward speeds and reverse, single-chain drive and detachable wheels.

1. 1933

   The Ford-engined F-type (F-4 four-seater) three-wheeler is introduced at the Olympia Motor Cycle Show, followed by the F-2 in 1935 and the F-Super in 1937.

1. December 27, 193527 Dec

   Morgan announces their four-wheeler, the 4-4.Sources differ. Boddy says the 4-4 arrived in 1936, and one enthusiast’s history dates its debut to March 1936.Motor Sport, 1965, gomog.com Read more

1. November 10, 193610 Nov

   Preb. HG Morgan dies.

1. April 10, 193710 Apr

   First test of V8 Morgan.

2. August 16, 193716 Aug

   4 passenger Morgan introduced.

3. 1937

   HFS Morgan becomes Chairman and Governing Director after his father’s death.

4. c. 1937–1940

   A Morgan prototype with a 22 hp Ford V8 is dropped after the UK horsepower tax rises from 15 to 25 shillings per horsepower.

1. June 19, 193819 Jun

   Prudence Fawcett places 13th at Le Mans in a 4-4.

2. August 8, 19388 Aug

   First drophead coupe announced.

3. October 16, 193816 Oct

   DHC introduced.

4. 1938

   Morgan adopts a special 1,267 cc Standard engine for the 4-4, built at the personal request of Sir John Black, the same man who drew the 1910 patent.Sources differ. One enthusiast’s history says May 1939, and Wikipedia says the engine was fitted from 1939.gomog.com, Wikipedia Read more

1. February 5, 19395 Feb

   Introduction of Le Mans Replica.

2. March 12, 193912 Mar

   Introduction of 4-4 Le Mans Replica.

3. c. 1939

   An experimental supercharged Morgan with an Arnott blower reaches over 80 mph from only 1,000 cc.

4. Early 1939

   After meeting HFS at the 1938 London Motor Show, New York dealer J.B. Ferguson (of Fergus Motors) imports his first few Morgans, among the earliest known imports to the USA.

5. June 1939

   A Morgan 4-4 finishes 15th overall and second in its class at Le Mans.

6. 1939–1945

   Car production stops for the Second World War. Only the Service shop and the Spares department are kept running.

7. 1939–1945

   The rest of the factory makes precision parts for the war effort, including parts for the Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, aircraft undercarriage and carburettors.

8. 1939–1945

   The Standard Motor Company takes over some of the Morgan workshops for its aero-engine division.

9. 1939–1945

   Peter Morgan serves with the Royal Army Service Corps in the motor workshops in Sierra Leone.

1. December 14, 194014 Dec

   Peter Morgan marries Jane

1. c. 1942

   Halfway through the war, the wood shop and mill are leased to Sir Alan Cobham’s Flight Refuelling Ltd. It modifies a Handley Page Hereford bomber inside the factory to develop in-flight refuelling and wing anti-icing.

1. May 1944

   A letter in Motor Cycling proposes a club for Morgan three-wheeler owners. The first Bulletin goes out in October 1944.

1. July 29, 194529 Jul

   1st post WW2 Morgan produced.

2. September 1945

   The Morgan Three Wheeler Club holds its inaugural general meeting at Malvern.

3. 1945

   Skilled staff return from the forces. Aluminium bodies let Morgan work around the steel shortage, making it one of the first British car factories to restart production.

4. February 1945

   The Morgan Three Wheeler Club holds its first social meeting, in South London.

1. 1946

   The last twelve V-twin three-wheelers are built and shipped to Australia.

1. 1947

   Peter Morgan joins the firm as Development Engineer and Draughtsman after being demobilised.

2. 1947

   Standard announces its “One Engine Policy”, so no 1,267 cc engines will be available after 1949 and Morgan must find another engine.

1. 1949

   A prototype is built with the 1.8-litre Standard Vanguard engine. It becomes the basis of the Plus 4.Sources differ. One enthusiast’s history dates the Plus 4 prototype to July 1950, three months before the show.gomog.com Read more

2. 1949

   Peter Morgan becomes a director of the company.

1. September 23, 195023 Sep

   Plus 4 announced.

2. October 18, 195018 Oct

   Plus 4 introduced at Earl's Court Show, London

3. 1950s–1960s

   The USA becomes Morgan’s largest market, at times taking up to 85% of production. Motor Sport later wrote that the American market “probably saved the Company in the 1950s.”

4. 1950

   The company decides to stop making three-wheelers, as the four-wheelers sell abroad and the three-wheeler does not.

1. January 20, 195120 Jan

   1st Plus 4 to USA; Angell Motors, Pasadena, CA; P 2104.

2. February 20, 195120 Feb

   Last Series 1 4-4 chassis number dispatched, chassis 2081.Unconfirmed. This entry and the next both name a last Series 1 4-4. Which is which has not been confirmed.

3. March 13, 195113 Mar

   Last Series 1 4-4 dispatched; chassis 1902.Unconfirmed. This entry and the one before both name a last Series 1 4-4. Which is which has not been confirmed.

4. March 16, 195116 Mar

   1st Plus 4s dispatched to (then) east coast Morgan distributor: Fergus Motors; P 2114, P 2115, P 2116.

5. June 30, 195130 Jun

   Morgan owners hold an inaugural meeting at Ye Olde Flying Horse in Kegworth, the start of the Morgan 4/4 Club.

6. July 21, 195121 Jul

   A second meeting at Kegworth founds the Morgan 4/4 Club, today’s Morgan Sports Car Club.

7. July 29, 195129 Jul

   Charles Morgan born.

8. August 5, 19515 Aug

   The Morgan 4/4 Club holds its first event, a road rally.

9. 1951 and 1952

   Morgan wins the team prize on the RAC Rally in both years, with Peter Morgan driving in both teams.

10. March 1951 – September 1955

    The 4/4 is out of production. It returns in September 1955 as the Series II with a Ford engine.

11. July 1951

    The Morgan Sports Car Club is formed with thirty members.

12. 1951

    Peter Morgan becomes vice chairman.

13. 1951

    At a Chester sprint, Cyril Hale’s Morgan three-wheeler comes within a tenth of a second of a Jaguar XK120.

14. November 1951

    The club’s first magazine, “Motoring and Morgans”, appears: 17 typed pages.

1. July 14, 195314 Jul

   Final Three-wheelers leave the factory.Sources differ. Wikipedia and Hagerty end three-wheeler production in 1952, and the unsigned company history says the decision to stop was made in 1950.Wikipedia, Hagerty UK, Unsigned company history Read more

2. October 18, 195318 Oct

   First 4 seat DHC introduced.

3. 1953–1954

   The Plus 4 carries an interim radiator between the flat and cowled designs.

4. 1953–1956

   The Plus 4 moves to Triumph engines: first the TR2 (90 bhp), then the TR3 (100 bhp).

1. June 1954

   The final cowled radiator arrives on the Plus 4, with teardrop headlamp nacelles.

1. October 1955

   Series II 4/4 introduced.

1. February 9, 19569 Feb

   Ruth Morgan dies.

2. September 14, 195614 Sep

   First time Morgan was said to have a sliding pillar front suspension (incorrectly) by "AutoCar" road test of Series II 4/4.

1. August 19, 195719 Aug

   Last 4 seat DHC produced.

1. July 27, 195827 Jul

   Chris Lawrence first races the second-hand Plus 4 registered TOK 258, which he bought for £650.

1. May 10, 195910 May

   Chris Lawrence wins his first race in a Morgan at the BRSCC Brands Hatch Marque Race.

2. June 15, 195915 Jun

   HFS Morgan dies.

3. September 5, 19595 Sep

   Lalah Neuman Tallinghast first woman to drive in first Daytona International Speedway sports car race in a Plus 4.Unconfirmed. No source I have found mentions her, so this entry is unconfirmed.

1. April 11, 196011 Apr

   50th anniversary of the MMC.

2. November 12, 196012 Nov

   Plus 4 Super Sports produced.

3. 1960

   Morgan tells Road & Track that about 80% of its cars go to America, split evenly between the two coasts.

1. February 14, 196114 Feb

   First Super Sports introduced.

2. June 1961

   Le Mans refuses Chris Lawrence and Richard Shepherd-Barron’s Plus 4 (registered XRX 1), saying it is not in the spirit of the race.

1. April 29, 196229 Apr

   Lew Spencer, C Production SCCA National Champion, Plus 4 SS (Baby Doll)Sources differ. Wikipedia’s 1962 SCCA results name a different champion, Dave Clark in a Lotus.Wikipedia

2. June 24, 196224 Jun

   Morgan wins class in LeMans.

3. 1962–1963

   Magnolia instrument dials change to black.

4. June 1962

   At Le Mans, the class-winning Plus 4 Super Sports of Chris Lawrence and Richard Shepherd-Barron covers over 2,255 miles at an average of nearly 94 mph. It is then driven home to England on public roads.

1. October 15, 196315 Oct

   First Plus 4 Plus introduced at Earl's Court Motor Show, London.

2. September 1963

   Fergus Imported Cars merges with Fine Cars Inc. to form Fergus-Fine Cars in New York, which takes about 20 Morgans a month.

1. 1964

   The Morgan SLR, a streamlined racing coupé on a Plus 4 chassis, is designed by Chris Lawrence and John Sprinzel.

1. November 27, 196527 Nov

   Carl Swanson, E Production SCCA National Champion, Morgan Plus 4

1. 1966

   Maurice Owen joins Morgan to develop the Rover V8-powered Plus 8.

1. February 16, 196716 Feb

   First Plus 8 roars into life.

2. April 20, 196720 Apr

   Last Plus 4 Plus produced.

3. 1967

   Morgan buys a Buick 215 V8 from General Motors for the Plus 8 prototype.

1. May 6, 19686 May

   Last Super Sports produced.

2. September 12, 196812 Sep

   Autocar publishes the first road test of the Plus 8, a month before its public launch at the Earl’s Court Motor Show.Unconfirmed. The date is Autocar’s road test as the bibliography records it. It is still to be confirmed with the owner who keeps the timeline.

3. October 1968

   Introduction of the Plus 8 at the Earl’s Court Motor Show, London.

4. c. 1968

   The 4/4 moves from the Series V (1,498 cc Ford 116E) to the Ford 1600.

5. 1968

   Bill Fink founds Isis Imports on Eddy Street in San Francisco. It later moves to Pier 33.

6. December 1968

   Motor Sport road-tests the Plus 8: Rover V8 with 161 bhp net, Moss gearbox, 125 mph, £1,487. Morgan is building two a week and plans about five a week in 1969.

1. March 21, 196921 Mar

   Last DHC produced.

2. c. 1969

   A four-seater 4/4 joins the range, and runs until about 1991.

1. 1970

   Over 300 Morgans gather at Prescott for the club’s first big gathering, marking 60 years of Morgan production.

2. 1970

   According to the company, the Plus 8 gains US type approval after meeting American safety and clean-air rules.

1. 1971

   The first wave of US safety and emissions regulations ends Morgan’s large American market.

2. January 1971

   The Morgan 4/4 Club is renamed the Morgan Sports Car Club.

3. c. 1971

   A one-off automatic Plus 8 drophead coupé is built for Jane Morgan; the factory keeps it.

1. c. 1972

   The Plus 8 changes from the Moss four-speed gearbox to Rover’s four-speed. Dual brake master cylinders arrive about the same time.

2. 1972 and 1975

   Robin Gray wins the Fred Dixon Modsports Championship in a Plus 8.Sources differ. The company history spells his name Grey. Morgan’s own history dates Grey’s title to 1972 and gives 1975 to Chris Alford’s title in a 4/4.Unsigned company history, Morgan, History (2022) Read more

1. 1974

   Isis Imports begins converting new Plus 8s to run on propane, which makes them legal to import into the US again. Conversions continue until 1992, and 98% of the imported Morgans are Plus 8s.

1. c. 1975

   The Plus 8 Sports Lightweight. The chart marks the run “19 built”.

2. 1975

   About 100 to 105 staff build 8 to 10 cars a week, and 65% are exported. A Plus 8 costs £2,925 and a two-seater Plus 4 £2,094.

3. 1975

   Chris Alford wins the BRSCC Production Sports Car Championship in a 4/4: fifteen wins in fifteen starts.

1. c. 1976

   The Plus 8 body is made four inches wider.

2. 1976–1994

   The Plus 8 uses Rover’s LT77 five-speed gearbox.

3. 1976

   The club’s first national event, held at Harewood and Shelsley Walsh, marks 40 years of four-wheelers and the club’s 25th anniversary.

1. May 8, 19778 May

   The first event called “MOG” is held at Ragley Hall. There has been a big club event every year since.

1. 1978

   All Morgan models gain EEC whole vehicle type approval.

2. 1978–1979

   MMC 11, the first production Plus 8 tested by Autocar, wins the 1978 BRDC Production Sports Car Championship with nine wins in twelve races. It takes the BRSCC title in 1979, driven by Charles Morgan and Rob Wells.Unconfirmed. The entry does not say which of Charles Morgan and Rob Wells drove in which year. Read more

1. c. 1980

   The Plus 8’s 3.5-litre Rover V8 runs on twin Stromberg carburettors.

2. 1980–1982

   Morgans cover the greatest distance by a single-car entry in the Willhire 24 Hour race at Snetterton, then Britain’s only 24-hour race.

1. c. 1981–1984

   Fiat-engined 4/4s: 93 in all by the chart’s count — 47 two-seaters plus one works car, 35 four-seaters and 10 two-litre cars.

1. c. 1982

   The Plus 8 gets rack-and-pinion steering, and the 4/4 moves to Ford’s 1600 CVH engine.

1. c. 1984

   The Plus 8 takes the fuel-injected 3.5-litre Rover SD1 “Flapper” engine (about 190 bhp).

2. 1984

   Over 1,200 Morgans from around the world gather at Eastnor Castle for the 75th anniversary.

1. January 8, 19858 Jan

   Xan Morgan born.

2. c. 1985–1987

   The Plus 4 returns with Fiat’s 1,995 cc engine: 122 built, 90 two-seaters and 32 four-seaters.

3. 1985

   Charles Morgan, the founder’s grandson, joins the company full time.

1. 1986 on

   Wood preservative treatment on all cars.

1. 1987

   The Morgan Sports Car Championship, a one-make race series for owners, begins.

1. c. 1988

   The Plus 4 changes to Rover’s 1,994 cc engine: the M16, later the T16.

1. May 1, 19901 May

   BBC Troubleshooter shown.

2. c. 1990

   The Plus 8 moves to the 3.9-litre “Hotwire” Rover V8.

3. 1990

   When Sir John Harvey-Jones films Troubleshooter at the factory, the waiting list for a new Morgan is reported at around a decade.

1. c. 1992

   Servo-assisted brakes become standard on the Plus 4.

2. 1992–1996

   Morgan sells fully US-compliant cars in America, without propane conversion.

1. 17 Apr – 16 May 1993

   Bruce Stapleton and Doug Morris finish 38th in a Morgan Plus 8 in the London–Sydney Marathon (44 stages).

1. 1994 on

   The Plus 8 uses the R380 gearbox, with a Morgan-specific remote linkage.

2. 1994

   MOG 94 at York draws nearly 1,000 Morgans.

1. 1995

   Joe Ferguson, the long-time New York Morgan importer (Fergus Motors), dies in Dadeville, Alabama.

2. 1995

   The Morgan Three Wheeler Club’s 50th anniversary draws about 200 three-wheelers.

1. 1996

   Charles Morgan and Bill Wykeham race an aluminium-chassis Plus 8 in seven rounds of the BPR GT series, which became the FIA GT Championship in 1997.

1. 1997 on

   Superform on all cars (the chart’s own term).

2. 1997

   A 4.6-litre V8 version of the Plus 8 is introduced, and a new water-based paint shop opens.

1. September 2, 19982 Sep

   Maurice Owen dies.

2. 1998 on

   The long door on all cars.

1. April 14, 199914 Apr

   BBC Troubleshooter 2 shown.

2. February 1999

   Output reaches 11 cars a week, the highest since before the Second World War.

3. 1999

   Peter Morgan hands day-to-day running of the company to his son Charles and stays on as chairman.

1. February 29, 200029 Feb

   Aero 8 introduced at the Geneva Motor Show.

2. 2000 on

   A galvanised chassis on all cars.

3. 2000–2004

   Aero 8 Series 1 (Mk1), with BMW's 4.4-litre V8. The chart notes it kept the original chassis dimensions from the bulkhead back, with a couple of boot-lid revisions.

1. January 29, 200129 Jan

   First message sent on Emog, from Lorne Goldman to Ed Herman.

2. 2001 – September 2004

   The Plus 4 is dropped when Rover’s T16 engine is no longer available. It returns in September 2004 with a 2.0-litre Ford Duratec engine.

1. June 2002

   A privately entered Morgan Aero 8 GT (Race Sports Salisbury) runs at Le Mans but retires.

2. 2002

   Morgan builds 80 “Le Mans ’62” limited editions for the 40th anniversary of the class win.

1. September 10, 200310 Sep

   Original Morgan factory demolished.

2. September 15, 200315 Sep

   Demolition of Morgan & Co's first garage of 1905.

3. October 20, 200320 Oct

   Peter Morgan dies.

4. 2003–2006

   After Peter Morgan’s death, Alan Garnett becomes the first chairman from outside the Morgan family.

1. March 31, 200431 Mar

   First V6 Roadster produced.

2. May 4, 20044 May

   Last Plus 8 produced.Sources differ. The unsigned company history says April 2004.Unsigned company history Read more

3. April 2004

   A farewell party for the Plus 8 at Prescott Hill Climb draws over 1,000 Morgans and more than 600 runs up the hill.

4. June 2004

   The Aero 8 GT returns to Le Mans and finishes the race.

1. March 1, 20051 Mar

   Introduction of the Morgan AeroMax at the Geneva Motor Show.

2. September 22, 200522 Sep

   Morgan LifeCar announced.Sources differ. Morgan’s own history says the LIFE car was developed in 2008.Morgan, History (2022)

3. 2005

   The AeroMax debuts as a one-off: a 4.4-litre, 325 bhp car. Production Aero 8s later move to a 4.8-litre, 362 bhp engine.

4. 2005–2007

   Aero 8 Series 2: a larger boot, ABS brakes, and a wider frame and body.

1. 2006

   4/4 70th Anniversary Edition.

2. January 2006

   For the 4/4’s 70th anniversary, Morgan announces 142 cars: two numbered cars for each year of 4/4 production.

3. July 2006

   The four-seater returns to the range, built at about two a week.

4. 2006

   Isis Imports offers Plus 8s fitted with a 400 hp Chevrolet LS2 V8.

1. 2007–2009

   Aero 8 Series 3, with straighter-looking headlights.

1. December 5, 20085 Dec

   HFS family home demolished.

2. 2008–2009

   A new winged Morgan logo.

1. April 24, 200924 Apr

   Introduction of the new Morgan Aero SuperSports.

2. July 24, 200924 Jul

   Official Morgan Centennial Celebration begins.

3. 2009–2015

   Aero 8 Series 4: the AeroMax and Super Sports on an extended coupe body. Automatic transmission only in the US, optional elsewhere.

4. April 2009

   The Princess Royal opens the Morgan Visitor Centre, a converted social club, for the centenary.

5. 1–2 August 2009

   The Morgan Centenary Festival is held at Cheltenham Racecourse, with over 300 three-wheelers among the cars.

6. 2–3 May 2009

   At Silverstone, the opening round of the FIA GT3 European Championship, AutoGT Racing’s Morgan Aero SuperSports GT3 wins both races.

1. August 15, 201015 Aug

   Introduction of the concept Morgan EVA GT at Pebble Beach Concours

2. December 3, 20103 Dec

   Morgan Technologies Limited, the operating company, is incorporated (Companies House 07459137), with Charles Morgan among its first directors.

3. 2010

   The company’s assets are moved to a new company, Morgan Technologies Ltd. It changes its name back to The Morgan Motor Company in 2018.

1. March 3, 20113 Mar

   Introduction of the new Morgan Three Wheeler at the Geneva Motor Show.

2. June 30, 201130 Jun

   The SuperDry Edition 3 Wheeler, limited to 200.

3. Dec 2011

   4/4 75th Anniversary 2.0-litre, a limited edition.

1. January 27, 201227 Jan

   First production model of the Morgan Three Wheeler registered

2. March 7, 20127 Mar

   Introduction of the Morgan E at Geneva Auto Show

3. March 13, 201213 Mar

   Introduction of the new Aero Morgan Coupe at Geneva Auto Show

4. March 13, 201213 Mar

   Introduction of the new Morgan PLUS 8 at Geneva Auto Show

5. 2012 on

   Mazda MX-5 gearbox on all cars except the Roadster.

6. May 2012

   Roadster Series 4, with Ford’s 3.7-litre Cyclone V6 (260–270 bhp).

7. Autumn 2012

   The Gulf Edition 3 Wheeler, limited to 100.

8. 2012

   The Morgan name returns to Le Mans with OAK Racing’s Pescarolo-based Morgan LMP2, which also finishes second in class at the 2012 Sebring 12 Hours.

9. June 2012

   US deliveries of the new 3 Wheeler begin.

1. October 14, 201314 Oct

   Charles Morgan released from Board of Directors at MMC

2. November 13, 201313 Nov

   The SuperSports Junior, a pedal car.Sources differ. Morgan’s own history says the pedal car was added for the 2009 centenary.Morgan, History (2022)

3. Jul 2013

   The Brooklands Edition 3 Wheeler is announced, limited to 50.

4. 2013

   EvaGT production is cancelled.

5. June 2013

   The #45 Morgan LMP2 is the official Le Mans “Art Car”.

1. August 25, 201425 Aug

   MMC produces its 1000th New Trike chassis

2. September 3, 20143 Sep

   Introduction of the Morgan ST-1 at the factorySources differ. Braunstein’s chart calls it the SP1.Braunstein chart, v94

3. September 22, 201422 Sep

   Introduction of the Morgan Plus 8 Speedster

4. 2014

   The Plus 4 Super Sports returns, limited to 60 cars.

1. March 3, 20153 Mar

   Introduction of the new Morgan Aero 8 at Geneva Auto Show

2. July 24, 201524 Jul

   Introduction of the Morgan AR Plus 4

3. Q4 2015

   Aero 8 Series 5 (Mark 2) production starts; it runs to 2018.

1. March 2, 20162 Mar

   Production model of Electric 3-wheeler Morgan shown

2. July 25, 201625 Jul

   Limited Edition of Selfridge EV3 by Morgan shown

3. Mar 2016

   4/4 80th Anniversary Edition: 80 cars. The chart believes a grey Speedster was the first.

1. February 20, 201720 Feb

   Charles Morgan settles dispute with family, MMC

2. June 13, 201713 Jun

   MMC buys its factory back

3. 2017

   MOG at Malvern draws 1,500 Morgans.

1. May 4, 20184 May

   Last Aero 8 chassis begins production at the factory

2. August 10, 201810 Aug

   Morgan Technologies Limited becomes Morgan Motor Company Limited again (resolution dated 24 July 2018).

3. Q4 2018

   The EV3 electric three-wheeler is cancelled.

4. 2018

   The 50th anniversaries of both the Plus 8 and Isis Imports.

5. 2018

   Morgan’s sales are £33.8 million, with £3.2 million net profit, from about 700 cars.

1. February 15, 201915 Feb

   Morgan Roadster discontinued

2. February 28, 201928 Feb

   Morgan Plus 8 discontinuedSources differ. Wikipedia says the BMW-engined Plus 8 ran from 2012 to 2018. Morgan’s own page says 2012 to 2019.Wikipedia, Morgan, Plus 8 page Read more

3. March 5, 20195 Mar

   MMC sells majority ownership to the investment group Investindustrial, whose other funds also hold a stake in Aston Martin Lagonda.

4. March 5, 20195 Mar

   Introduction of the new Morgan Plus 6 at the Geneva Auto Show

5. March 5, 20195 Mar

   As part of the Investindustrial deal, Morgan’s management and all its employees are given a share of the business for the first time.

6. April 3, 20193 Apr

   The Investindustrial sale completes on the public register: Sports Cars (England) Acquisitions Ltd is recorded as holding 75% or more of Morgan Motor Company Ltd, Charles Morgan stops being a registered holder of more than 25%, and four directors, including chairman Dominic Riley, leave the board.

7. April 22, 201922 Apr

   Plus 6 introduced

8. December 10, 201910 Dec

   4/4 discontinuedSources differ. Morgan’s own 4/4 page says it was made from 1936 to 2018.Morgan, 4/4 page Read more

9. December 11, 201911 Dec

   Morgan announces that the traditional steel chassis, in use since 1936, will end in 2020, with the 4/4, Plus 4 and Roadster replaced by CX-Generation cars.

1. January 20, 202020 Jan

   Plus 4 and all ladder chassis models discontinued

2. January 24, 202024 Jan

   Plus Four introducedSources differ. Wikipedia says it was revealed online on 3 March 2020, after the Geneva show was cancelled.Wikipedia

3. February 10, 202010 Feb

   Bill Fink, famous Morgan importer, killed in home fire, Bodega, Ca

4. Summer 2020

   The Morgan Experience Centre reopens after redevelopment, with an interactive museum called The Archive.

1. March 19, 202119 Mar

   Last group of 30 Trikes produced

2. October 28, 202128 Oct

   MMC fined 60,000 pounds for safety breach unloading a car chassis on delivery

1. February 24, 202224 Feb

   Morgan Super 3 introduced

2. October 28, 202228 Oct

   Nick Wilson joins MMC as new Chief of Staff

3. December 31, 202231 Dec

   Steve Morris, chief executive at the Super 3 launch, leaves the board of Morgan Motor Company Ltd.

1. December 6, 20236 Dec

   Morgan XP-1, an all-electric Trike, introduced

2. 2023

   The Super 3 is approved for sale in the US as a motor tricycle.

3. November 2023

   Morgan and Pininfarina announce their collaboration on the Midsummer.

1. January 15, 202415 Jan

   Massimo Fumarola is the new CEO of MMC

2. January 17, 202417 Jan

   Complete recall of Morgan Super 3s sent to USA (62) due to defective pedal box housing

3. May 16, 202416 May

   Morgan Midsummer model introduced to the world

4. September 12, 202412 Sep

   MMC plans to reintroduce the automatic Plus Four to the USA in Spring 2025

5. October 9, 20249 Oct

   Massimo Fumarola steps down as CEO of MMCSources differ. Companies House ends his directorship on 31 October 2024.Companies House

6. November 2, 20242 Nov

   Matthew Hole appointed Managing Director of MMCSources differ. Companies House records him as a director from 31 October 2024.Companies House

7. October 2024

   The Plus Six Pinnacle, limited to 30 cars, closes out Plus Six production.

1. February 12, 202512 Feb

   Steven Armstrong appointed Chairman of MMC, succeeding Lawrence Price, who stays on the board as a non-executive director.

2. March 11, 202511 Mar

   The Supersport is unveiled live at Pickersleigh Road, hosted by Richard Hammond, on the new CXV aluminium platform, replacing the Plus Six.

3. March 27, 202527 Mar

   MMC confronted with business decision selling in US and US tariffs

4. June 30, 202530 Jun

   A UK–US trade deal cuts the US tariff on British cars from 27.5% to 10%, within a quota of 100,000 cars a year.

5. October 15, 202515 Oct

   MMC OKed to sell Plus Fours in US with automatic only, no more than 275 totalSources differ. Wikipedia gives a cap of 325 cars a year.Wikipedia Read more

6. November 2, 20252 Nov

   Morgan Supersport now top of line, taking over from Plus SixSources differ. Morgan’s own announcement says the Supersport was unveiled live on 11 March 2025.Morgan, Supersport release Read more

1. April 2026

   The Supersport 400, with 402 bhp, becomes the most powerful Morgan ever built.

2. June 2026

   Nine Midsummer coupés are added to the 50 roadsters.