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Anyone know how many days it may take for a production 3W to be built? I'm considering a factory visit (in December, brrrr) while my 3W is being assembled, and wondered if it's possible to see the full start-to-finish process. Wondering, too, if the factory will reliably be able to hold to its production schedule. My build week is 50, telling me that I'm the last week before Morgan's holiday break... hoping it gets finished in time for Santa! (And not after the holidays when workers may still be recovering, hehe.)

Steve,

Predicting build and delivery dates is more of an art than a science. As you get nearer your slot it will become more accurate, bit given that this is a new vehicle I would in allow for some movement of those dates.

if you've not visited before it's worth the trip and I'm sure if you ask nicely someone whose UK based will be able to collect photos for you. You'll see on the forum that if any visits are planned for servicing or to monitor build progress these usually get posted up along with the obligatory photo shot.

From your posts I can see your getting excited. But I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

Now, there's an understatement! I wish I could spend every day at the factory from now on. I am trying hard to show some restraint in this forum, but as you seem to have noticed, I'm not having much luck with that.

Thanks for your good info/ideas!

If you havent visited the factory before, it's well worth a visit. Even if your car isn't in build!

Let's us know when you're coming and we'll try and organise a meet??

Heck yeah! You can count on it.

And if your lucky we' ll run you around the block in a selection of Morgans finest.

Around the block? I was counting on you picking me up at Heathrow in your own new 3Wheeler.
You can relax – I'll drive.

I see your going to fit in well around here.

Must be a latent expression of my Welsh/British ancestry. I feel like I'm coming home!

Yet again, I am very new to Morgan - I met the great awakening in March this year and I am now looking forward to meet my M3W.

What is the status now regarding the M3W and what will happen during the coming months?

Some reflexions from the “outside” – true or false?

What I have seen so far from Morgan are impressive products with a high level of workmanship, attention to detail and great enthusiasm among EVERYONE involved. The value of the Morgan Company seems to be in the brand but even more in the knowledge and skills of all employees?

There is also no room for a “Monday morning” example when people have invested their savings and waited for years in fulfilling their dream. I guess they are fully aware of these expectations?

So what we have seen so far is lovely prototypes, no one seems to be able to see it without having comments. This is good and from what I have heard developers at Morgan have got big ears and listens a lot to customer input?

Product development is never a straight line but a lot of parallel processes that hopefully ends up meeting and working together in the end. This is easy on the paper but not in reality. Time planning is extremely difficult because you do not know how many “PD-loops” you need, but of course have to be done and reevaluated. After seeing Simons videos (me being remote - thanks again) it is now clear that we now have a more or less fully functional prototype – impressive. This will now be extensively tested (hope Asbos lost fillings didn’t cost a fortune to repair) and evaluated but is very much still under development?

Probably some more early prototypes will/or are already being built to add up the mileage and experience. Parallel to this the new production unit is set up and new personnel employed and trained. Then we have the first real test which I guess is the zero-series being all the demonstrators to dealers around the world. This will be when the M3W really hit the masses...

...and also the first time when Morgan "knows" the product well enough to make supershap plans. I have heard about 200 M3W/year and I think that they are doing a great job if they fix that during the first year.

I was star struck in the same way as MOG3w so well explained it: “It was like designers had direct knowledge of the circuits leading to my pleasure centers. One look and I was lost..”.

So my question in the end to you with greater experience: can we expect a 100% fully developed car after the demonstrators being built or does the first years production include constant changes? Meaning: the later delivery, the better the car?

All the best/M3W