Having watched fifth gear early this week Jason Plato test drove the +8, Unfortunatly he didn't give it a very good review.....too much under steer ,poor build quality,stereo more like Heath Robinson ,pedal outlay not great, resulting in saying that the car doesn't belong on the 21st century....only good point was the engine.
Just seen the video on a TV re run. I think you are understating it - Jason panned the car to a degree that I've not seen in any other of the trash TV that I watch. And I watch too much of it.
My test drives didnt show the problems that he highlighted but then I was driving on public roads, nothing like as fast as he goes and I havent got his skills. Now you might well say that you dont drive the Plus * on a track at his speed either, but to my mind the key thing is his comparison with other 85k cars. The relativities if you like.
And it isnt an 85k car any longer. I recently specced one up with the minimum that you would get on a similar price level car and I came out at almost 100k.
Its a pity. The basics are there and most of the hard work has already been done. Final tuning of the chassis shouldnt be difficult. Send it along to someone like Lotus with the skills and resources that Morgan dont have. Make a bit more effort over cosmetics like door handles. And price more realistically to make it the excellent true sports car that lurks hidden inside it.
