A Roadster owner drove my Plus 4 on a mountain road this summer and was amazed that it could round uphill hairpin bends in second gear and then accelerate away smartly. He said that for the Roadster it would be first gear on the hairpins.

I have also followed a 4/4 on "normal" B roads and I doubt I could have gone any faster.

I suspect that it goes a bit like this:
if you like an economical car, keeping the engine reving, swapping gears and the occasional drifting in the corners (narrow tyres) go for the 4/4,

if you want easy long distance touring, loads of get-up-and-go on the open road and a very nice V exhaust note go for a Roadster, a Plus 8, or if money is not a problem the new Plus 8 (BMW engine) love

if you want a good all-rounder with enough power for the real world plus excellent touring capability it has to be the Plus 4.

Then if you want the ultimate expression of the Plus 4 talk to Williams about a Plus 4 fitted with Duratec 2.5 engine evil

Lastly you could always wait to see what new offering is coming from Morgan for 2014 innocent

Peter

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