I did not buy my Morgan because it's a more modern classic, I did not buy it because it's more reliable, I certainly did not buy it because of what any journalist wrote. I bought it because I wanted it, had done for a number of years and I thought back then that it might be fun. That was why I bought the first one, what made me buy another was the totally unexpected welcome and friendship of fellow Morgan owners, the sheer joy of driving the thing and the way that no matter how bad a week I had just had (working long hours and all over the place in those days) I could feel the stress bleed out of me as the miles racked up. I pay the same attention to what others from outside the ownership circle think about the cars as I do to those that say we should all be driving around in 100 MPG soulless (in my opinion) mundanemobiles. If that's what they want fine but leave me to enjoy my choices.
I don't justify my choice of car to anyone and as my favourite T shirts used to say back when I rode a Harley "If I had to explain you wouldn't understand"....A Morgan is bigger than just a car regardless of how many wheels or cylinders.
Totally agree with you - it's about the driving "experience" and nothing to do with what some two bit journo or ex BTCC thinks of it. They are all beyond the real world.
If other peoples opinion bothers you don't buy one these, they are for individuals exercising their choice against the flow of mainstream mediocrity Poxter e.g.
It's probably known as stubborn Brittishness !!!