{"id":48590,"date":"2014-07-07T20:06:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/issue_content\/charles-morgan\/"},"modified":"2019-07-20T04:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:52:03","slug":"charles-morgan","status":"publish","type":"issue_content","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/october-2010\/98\/charles-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occupation: Managing Director, Morgan Motor Company<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your greatest achievement?<\/strong> Five healthy, intelligent children.<\/p>\n

What is your biggest regret?<\/strong> Losing my grandfather HFS Morgan and my father, Peter Morgan.<\/p>\n

Whose work in the industry today do you admire most and why?<\/strong> Ulrich Eichhorn of Bentley Motors, because he worked on both the Bugatti Veyron and the car that Dr Piech drove to his last board meeting, which did 100km on a litre of fuel.<\/p>\n

Who inspired you to join the industry and why?<\/strong> My grandfather Harry Morgan because he had so much fun designing and testing his cars.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong> To be remembered for being kind to people, not for the prizes you have won.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the biggest challenge you\u2019re facing in the next 12 months?<\/strong> To encourage the team to develop three cars ready for sale.<\/p>\n

What car do you drive for fun?<\/strong> Every new Morgan.<\/p>\n

When did you last go for a drive for the sake of it? Where did you go?<\/strong> Yesterday, to Herefordshire in a Morgan Aero SuperSports.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best moment you\u2019ve had in a car?<\/strong> Crossing the USA in three days with my wife Kiera.<\/p>\n

What was your \ufb01rst car?<\/strong> A Morgan F4 three-wheeler.<\/p>\n

Did you pass your test \ufb01rst time?<\/strong> Yes, in a three-wheeler Morgan.<\/p>\n

How will most cars be powered in 30 years time?<\/strong> A combination of the internal combustion engine and electricity.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your last drive. One car, one road. Which and where?<\/strong> I\u2019d set off for Mars in a space car.<\/p>\n

What music do you listen to in the car?<\/strong> Muse \u2013 Black Holes and Revelations.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best book about cars or car people you\u2019ve ever read?<\/strong> Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing 1896-1906 by Charles Jarrott<\/p>\n

Are Morgan waiting lists still longer than an elephant\u2019s gestation?<\/strong> No! The waiting list is now around one year.<\/p>\n

How has Morgan survived when so many other great British sports car manufacturers have gone to the wall?<\/strong> Because of passion, making driving fun, an extended family of friends and the economies of scale and materials.<\/p>\n

Was the Troubleshooter documentary good or bad for Morgan?<\/strong> Good! It made people understand us.<\/p>\n

Where does the LifeCar project stand at present?<\/strong> The LifeCar is two years from production.<\/p>\n

When will you start selling EvaGTs, and for how much?<\/strong> 2012. The volume of sales leads will direct the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[167,34061,37252],"issue_decade":[121600],"issue_year":[121601],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/48590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue_content"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/48590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229037,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/48590\/revisions\/229037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48590"},{"taxonomy":"issue_decade","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_decade?post=48590"},{"taxonomy":"issue_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_year?post=48590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}