The Morgan Motor Company has announced significant reductions in waiting times across its four-model product range thanks to a new purpose-built production facility now fully operational at its Malvern factory.

"The introduction of the new Aero 8 line has also enabled us to make major improvements in production of the Plus 8, 4/4, and Four-seater models. In particular, the new state-of-the-art paint shop facility eliminates what was previously something of a bottleneck in the production process," said Matthew Parkin, sales and marketing director.

"This has enabled us to bring down the current waiting time for UK customers to under two years in all cases, and in some instances, a customer ordering now could take delivery of their new Morgan as early as Christmas 2002."

However, with orders for both the Aero 8 and the classic Morgan models still growing, the waiting list could grow again soon, he warned