The odds are stacked against cars like the a Morgan when they are tested. The average journo just doesn't "get" this type of car, they are used to testing tin boxes, some very fast and most quite ordinary, but all very similar. So a morgan just doesn't fit the mould (which is why we love them) so they just don't know what to do with them.
As for the sound, if there is a sports exhaust package available, why wasn't it fitted to the press car(s)?
I do love the looks and will be interested to see how the car develops and sounds, over the coming years.