Morgan (Motors) without Morgan (Charles) ??

  • Thread starter Hun200kmh
  • 14 comments
  • 1,078 views
Hun200kmh

Hun200kmh

7,194
Portugal
Lisboa
FLAT_TWELVE
http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/ne...gan_leaves_roles_at_family_motoring_business/

and

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/charles-morgan-steps-down-morgan-motor-company


This is a mistake. He was the embodiement of what Morgan was all about. It is unclear what happened and I am maybe wrong, but the way I see it Morgan (the brand) has been living a great era of its existence with Charles Morgan at the helm. How many car companies get their owner and CEO to do the Gumball in an odd and unconfortable car?
 
ShobThaBob
This company is still relevant?
Click to expand...

Perhaps not to average Joe but Morgan has a loyal and growing fan-base of well-heeled customers just like any other speciality car company. Over the past decade or so it's gone from a company making old-fashioned sports cars in a shed to a company with international recognition.

So I suppose the short answer is "yes".
 
So are they trying to get a more advanced man to deal with how much growth the company has had since the 3-wheeler came out?
 
Tornado
So are they trying to get a more advanced man to deal with how much growth the company has had since the 3-wheeler came out?
Click to expand...

That seems to be the gist, though unless there's something going on behind the scenes which nobody outside the company knows about (entirely likely), I can't see why Charles Morgan isn't suited to the job. He's been responsible for its existing growth and he's an incredibly popular and accessible public face to the company - no doubt responsible for much of the fondness towards the company as a whole.
 
ShobThaBob
$$$$?
Click to expand...

Possibly. The odd thing is that this company was supposed to be still owned by the Morgan family. So this can mean one of two things: a) Charles lost the control of the family's shares; b) The family lost the control of the company.

Did Charles sell, thinking he would be untouchable? It is very obvious through twitter that this wasn't a case of him wanting to go, rather a case of him being shown the door.

Truth will out in due time I suppose. Meanwhile, here what appears to be his last interview as the man in charge.

 
I had a read of that but it seems... petty. "Misconduct" it might have been but I can't see how any would have harmed the business - indeed some, such as having presence and support at Le Mans, could impact positively on Morgan. Not a lot wrong with international recognition...

Strikes me that the board wanted rid of him for unpublished reasons and needed a decent-sounding excuse.
 
homeforsummer
I had a read of that but it seems... petty. "Misconduct" it might have been but I can't see how any would have harmed the business - indeed some, such as having presence and support at Le Mans, could impact positively on Morgan. Not a lot wrong with international recognition...

Strikes me that the board wanted rid of him for unpublished reasons and needed a decent-sounding excuse.
Click to expand...

Two seem minor, but posing as Chairman when you don't hold the role and announcing a new version of a model that doesn't exist or is not ready to be announced (if they are true) are major and in just about any company would be grounds for gross misconduct and immediate dismissal.

Its also misleading to state that the company is not in family control any more, it is given that his sister (who's maiden name was of course Morgan), two nephews and a niece all sit on the board.
 
Scaff
Two seem minor, but posing as Chairman when you don't hold the role and announcing a new version of a model that doesn't exist or is not ready to be announced (if they are true) are major and in just about any company would be grounds for gross misconduct and immediate dismissal.
Click to expand...

On the former perhaps, but the latter is debatable - announcing improvements to loyal customers for a vehicle based on an 80-year old design that sells in the hundreds is hardly on the same scale as someone revealing a brand new model to the world's press with a multi-billion dollar development cost... if anything, it sounds like good customer service to me.
 
homeforsummer
On the former perhaps, but the latter is debatable - announcing improvements to loyal customers for a vehicle based on an 80-year old design that sells in the hundreds is hardly on the same scale as someone revealing a brand new model to the world's press with a multi-billion dollar development cost... if anything, it sounds like good customer service to me.
Click to expand...

If it exists.

If it doesn't then you have just promised what can't be delivered and that is anything but good customer service.

While I'm sure that the board isn't all sweetness and light in this, I just as sure that CM isn't either.
 
Probably not, but given the public uproar from customers and people who know him alike, it seems odd that someone whose image and reputation is so positive for the company is being ousted.

It's hardly a Danny Bahar-type character being booted - CM is someone who has been a very visible element of turning Morgan from an anachronism into a company with customers worldwide and a high profile within the industry.

I don't doubt there's plenty going on behind the scenes we aren't aware of, but it still seems unusual.

They aren't in any financial issues - a quick google reveals they're comfortably in the black - and with regards the phantom updated 3-Wheeler then again, we're hardly talking about a millions-of-quid redesign here. It's a basic tube-frame sports car built by hand - they could make a planned change in a couple of months. The severity of that aspect seems rather overstated.
 

Latest Posts

Back