I have no doubt that this issue should be the subject of an immediate factory recall. 'Handbuilt Quirks' are one thing, safety is in an entirely different category.
If it is a design fault then it begs the question as to how it got through development and testing. The difficulties being experienced by our colleagues in Europe regarding Type Approval suggest that the Plus 4 has been used as the reference, but then the vehicle modified at the factory - modifications that appear to have resulted in safety issues (and to be fair challenge the criteria of Type Approval - different wheels, tyres, brakes etc).
If Morgan (or their sub-divisions) are prepared to release such vehicles to customers, it begs the question as to what they actually think of their customers.....and indeed their safety. And the dealers should not be releasing a car that fails a PDI to a customer (no matter how keen they are to take delivery) - in releasing a car in a faulty state they implicate themselves. But perhaps the PDI doesn't include a 'road test"....
Not even those with 'enthusiast tinted spectacles' should be expected to accept this situation....and for the sake of their own insurance validity should not attempt to try and make good the issue on behalf of MMC.
If I had shelled out 60+k for this car (and I would have dearly loved to) I would now be sitting in someone's inbox. For MMC's sake let us hope that none of the ARP4's have made their way over the Atlantic.....
