Ok, a few words from someone who in a few days will part with a nice sum of money and in about 3 weeks will show up at the factory's door to pick up a brand new Morgan 3 Wheeler (Brooklands, no less).
1 - About Charles Morgan - In Portugal we have a saying about people with a "large back". I searched to look for an equivalent English expression and apparently there is one. "Broad Shoulders". Please, I understand people not liking Charles Morgan, and I surely understand that someone that was for so long in charge of MMC might have made a few mistakes (on the whole, however, and all things considered, I think he did an amazing job ). BUT ... Charles Morgan is not in command for the better part of TWO YEARS (since Feb 2013). Since then, and for everything that happened and is possibly happening, there's one person to blame, and his name is STEVE MORRIS.
(unless people tell me that MMC is not one person. IF true, that means CHARLES MORGAN, even with his noticeably broad shoulders, deserves a break. And that STEVE MORRIS, Operations Director up to Feb 2013, deserves partial blame, along with all other Directors).
I think that, as time passes by, to bring name of Charles Morgan in these discussions becomes increasingly misplaced. And I'll stop here, as I once discussed with P Dron, I don't revere and I don't demonize.
2 - About the buyer's responsability in purchasing a new product of suspicious quality - I'd say that, considering how Morgans are cars in continuous evolution, this supposed lack of quality is not to be considered by anyone buying a new car. I'm certainly not considering it. If I pick a phone to talk to anyone at Morgan right now, and my call gets answered, and I ask: "Is the car I'm getting fit for purpose?" the answer will be "YES". And that's enough for me. And that's enough for the law too. Unless the seller produces a document filled with disclaimers, my contractual rights are in no way affected by the stories I read from other owners of previously produced cars.
3 - About Morgan's supposed "cunning plan" of getting themselves out of trouble because we people don't buy the cars directly to them, so the dealers are the ones in the line of fire, I goit to say that makes absolutely no sense. Morgan needs their dealers as much as they need their clients. If Morgan doesn't act in a fair way to their dealers, I would give the factory a few more years of existence. People in this new era of Morgan leadership can't be stupid.
Oh and the fact that people buy their cars to their local dealers makes it in fact easier to solve problems because there's a direct connection betwwen buyer and seller.
AND ... this might apply only to Portugal but I doubt it ... it also makes litigation much easier and cheaper from the client's perspective. Because if I were to buy the car directly from MMC I would probably need to go to court in England, and get an English lawyer (I suppose, considering the way you people talk about lawyers, anglo ones, and their fees, must be similar to americans). However, if the car is bought in Portugal, to the portuguese dealer, any portuguese customer will be able to sue both the seller and the producer (the producer is always responsible here) ... in portuguese courts, and with portuguese lawyers. Therefore it would be M3W Ltd. that would need to leave their comfort zone of English courts and English lawyers, and would need to address and litigate in what are to them, foreign courts.
To end: I'm buying my Morgan 3 Wheeler in full confidence that:
- the car is fit for purpose;
- any small unexpected issue will be promptly solved;
- Morgan Motor Company is a responsible company and the people running it, whilst they don't need to be my friends, are probably wise enough and competent enough to understand they need to be good to keep their jobs safe, and keep the company they are running sound.
Last edited by MarioCP; 15/07/14 11:58 AM.
