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Plus6 top gear test #595293
16/09/19 11:49 AM
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Nice write-up in the new top gear magazine.
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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595310
16/09/19 12:47 PM
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VERY accurate, based on my 30 mins.
It will catch on!

Don't know why Mr Dobie uses the statement, spouted by MMC's bumph that "only the metallic stoppers that hold the Bonet shut" are carried over.
I noticed quite a few more bits, including the hand brake lever, the wheels and hubs and the wheel nuts. So yes, Aeromax wheels will fit!!


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No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...

Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595335
16/09/19 03:35 PM
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Seat belt warning nothing new either - good report though.


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595339
16/09/19 04:26 PM
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"4.8 V8 from a bunch of old BMW" apart, a good write up!

No mention of seat height - and the exhaust note is a positive......

Good report...Mark


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595340
16/09/19 04:26 PM
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' No airbags ' , crickey , why not , the new plus 8 has airbags !


Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .


Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595372
16/09/19 06:58 PM
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Well that is good news.

I followed a strong blue Z4 on the way home today, sorry but that is a serious mess. Big blobby and not seemingly related to their other cars. It makes the Plus Six all the more attractive.


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595544
17/09/19 09:27 PM
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Not the most informative, but I think it still is a ‘spot on’ review video:
https://drivetribe.com/p/the-morgan...LG7efKlXL62EA?iid=BiPiyCBTSGm_sjHPRreHqQ


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595571
18/09/19 07:46 AM
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Interesting he noted polarised sunglasses kill the digital speedo readout in front of driver (and anything else displayed on the MFD) as I mentioned following my test drive.

Last edited by Richard Wood; 18/09/19 07:48 AM.

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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: 60Yards] #595648
18/09/19 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 60Yards
Not the most informative, but I think it still is a ‘spot on’ review video:
https://drivetribe.com/p/the-morgan...LG7efKlXL62EA?iid=BiPiyCBTSGm_sjHPRreHqQ


Ha ha, is that his day job or was he filling in for a real presenter? Well at least he got the laughter bit right.


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: 60Yards] #595675
18/09/19 04:16 PM
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I really enjoyed his review (and also that of the M3W).
Lot of laughter - that’s what it’s about!!!!!
HB


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: 60Yards] #595676
18/09/19 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 60Yards
Not the most informative, but I think it still is a ‘spot on’ review video:
https://drivetribe.com/p/the-morgan...LG7efKlXL62EA?iid=BiPiyCBTSGm_sjHPRreHqQ


Nice vid!

Personally, I don't think the Plus Six looks much wider. Comparing the specs, it should only be less than 2 inches wider, and several inches shorter than the Plus 4 or 4/4.

Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595682
18/09/19 07:29 PM
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A nice guy with a review from a normal consumer perspective. No bean counting and no desperately trying comparisons with other cars. He took the Plus6 as it is and accepted it. no one else could present the new target group so well. And he was authentically impressed. So Morgan is still strange and independent enough in a positive sense when it comes to new customers.


'14 4/4 graphite grey
Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595688
18/09/19 08:30 PM
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It's great, only good reviews for this car. A real step forward for the factory.
Nick

Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: Jon G4LJW] #595740
19/09/19 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Jon G4LJW
Originally Posted by 60Yards
Not the most informative, but I think it still is a ‘spot on’ review video:
https://drivetribe.com/p/the-morgan...LG7efKlXL62EA?iid=BiPiyCBTSGm_sjHPRreHqQ


Nice vid!

Personally, I don't think the Plus Six looks much wider. Comparing the specs, it should only be less than 2 inches wider, and several inches shorter than the Plus 4 or 4/4.


Jon, was told by Allon Whites, it's 1" shorter that a trad but definitely wider, by eye from the rear light spacing on the back panel it's more than 2"


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595741
19/09/19 08:06 AM
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It needs to be wider...we are all fatter! laugh2

Having sat in a PlusSix the room inside the cockpit - is the first immediate benefit, over a trad.

Mark


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2004 Roadster S1 3.0 V6 gone!

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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595803
19/09/19 03:39 PM
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What did I miss, what does CX stand for ?


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: Dean-Royal] #595807
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110 in Roman numerals, 110 years of Morgan.

Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595837
19/09/19 06:17 PM
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Sat in one at the classic weekend in Angouleme, France — Oh dear, I now seriously need to win the lotto! It’s absolutely gorgeous!!!


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: Dean-Royal] #595839
19/09/19 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dean-Royal
What did I miss, what does CX stand for ?


The difficulty I have with the CX thing is that it means two things to me.

[Linked Image]

and

[Linked Image]


Giles. Mogless in Paris.
Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595843
19/09/19 07:09 PM
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Ooooh i didnt think Roman Numerals, but the Citroen did flash by.


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #595860
19/09/19 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pandy
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One day someone will look under “what does french mean” on what ever replaces Wikipedia or google and there will be a picture of a DS an SM and a CX. Possibly the 6 wheel print runner estates that used to prowl the nights. They will read it and just say “cool”.


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #596417
23/09/19 07:35 PM
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For Plus 6 money you can get https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaYGanifXsk

Not seen Harry quite so taken by a car by the end of the test.

Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #596600
24/09/19 04:54 PM
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Howard, for Evora money you can buy a PlusSix happy3

I personally would NOT want the Lotus....it looks very similar to so many cars of it's type...I would go Morgan - it is individual love

Mark


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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: pandy] #596659
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Me too - Morgan rather than Lotus!

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Re: Plus6 top gear test [Re: MDS61] #598247
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Originally Posted by MDS61
Howard, for Evora money you can buy a PlusSix happy3

I personally would NOT want the Lotus....it looks very similar to so many cars of it's type...I would go Morgan - it is individual love

Mark



Morgan could well be the most individual car ever !


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