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Yes, sorry indeed, but Morgans more than most cars probably do vary depending on who is putting them together that day, and whether their mind is on the job.

My car, delivered in May last year, so a relativly early one, has now done around a thousand miles, and nothing has fallen off, the bevel box, whilst a little 'whiny' on the overun, is not intrusive in the slightest, and the only major problem I have is the bump steer and kickback through the steering wheel, and I believe that a dealer will come up with a fix before the factory even bother about it.

So the quality is very variable, shame for those that have the unreliable ones, but I suspect they are in the minority.

Can you call it hand built though? Assembled by hand from a kit of part is hardly hand built but that's no excuse for bits falling off and noisy transmission in my view.
I think very highly of the factory and the cars they produce and it pains me when I see a press report stating "the build quality is utter crap"

My M3W has done 3700 miles - without a fault!

I think the build quality is very good - and thats not because of my problem free/fault free car

Some of the engineering is exquisite - and beautiful just to look at

Is the M3 hand built - well I believe so - it sure is not a kit of odd parts - unless ALL cars/Morgans are?

I do agree that parts should not fall off - thats terrible - PDI problem? Maybe?

So at the risk of tempting fate.....here at least is one happy smiling delighted customer/M3W driver

I didn't mean to be rude calling it a kit of parts! It's just that the chassis and drivetrain come in already assembled, the body the same and the leather trim is made elsewhere. Morgan assemble the car but not from a kit of odd parts.
The car is exquisite in some areas; some of the components like the pedal box and fuel tanks are works of art and if I had garage space I'd have one at the drop of a hat....... patinated deep red body with faded racing numbers and distressed black leather interior

I do think though that Morgan should spend a bit more time on the assembly rather than rushing them through due to volume of orders. Then there might be less of the negative comments.

Well put John, and I respectfully suggest those words apply equally to the 4W variants.

IMHO it is about achieving the correct balance between respecting the paying customer and worshiping the bottom line... Simples

Oh, and of course, in the longer term, reputation management is all about survival.

Mine was delivered Feb last year and has done over 4000 miles. Nothings fallen off, and the car has been used to its full potential as most of you are aware.

Touch wood Belgium ash it stays that way.

When I say hand built, I am referring to the fact that for the most part, the components and the car itself are assembled by skilled workers - not a warehouse full of robots in a line with computer-guided accuracy and almost no human factors involved.

I scour the internet often for any 3 wheeler related anything, and either people are staying silent online about these quality issues; or people are hooning them and breaking them and not complaining about it; or the cases of faulty builds are such a small percent of the total quantity that it has gone unnoticed.

I promise to report any issues that are not my fault.

I agree. Now into my 6th month and no issues other than one Dzus fitting which needed the bracket bent for easy fixing. Did replace the steering wheel with a Simmonds for better instrument visibility.

Also agree on the pedal box. Had to adjust mine in one notch and it is indeed a work of art. With temp's in the 80's great top down motoring!

Never go out without someone taking a photo from adjacent car with their cel phone!

Tom S

We are close to 3000 miles with ours (hers) which was delivered last April. Only problem has been with the belt rubbing the back wheel on our 1200 mile France/Spain trip which we now think was an alignment issue linked to the noisy v0.1 bevel box which was replaced without fuss last July along with (we understand) those on some other early-build examples. Otherwise just great fun even in our so-called spring weather.

Yikes...between the above post and this thread:

http://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/130530/Bespoke_sportscar_or_hastily_p#Post130530

I'm really starting to have second thoughts...