That aside, there is something a little more unique about a Morgan. Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes, BMW, Audi - all excellent cars, but they lack the individuality of a Morgan. Which would I rather look at parked outside a country pub?
Couldnt agree more. The Boxter is an incredibly competent car, handles brilliantly, is mostly reliable (bore scoring etc in the 6 cylinder models), almost reasonably priced and in general a really sensible choice. But no way is it "special" as a Morgan is. Its the sort of sports car that my mother would have chosen for me.
Trouble is, there are few if any sports cars made these days that have real character like the Morgan. There are track day tools like the Caterfields or Radical or Ginetta but they arent for taking the wife to the pub in unless you are a/ under 30 and b/ like basic.
There are cars like the 430/458/488 that definitely are "Special", but on any rational basis the ownership costs are simply silly. So to my mind Morgan and maybe Lotus have the character sports car market to themselves
My Toyota engined Lotus was one of the most reliable cars I have ever owned but the Lotus reputation for supply of parts is as bad as described above for MMC
