I have to say that when I purchased the Plus 4 it was more the vintage look that attracted me and the fact that it had modern mechanical components. I have to say that I would have been happier not to have to grease kingpins, to have ABS, and to have more modern suspension. If you go back to look at some of my earliest posts you would see that I had always desired, and felt Morgan should build, something more modern in the underpinnings whist maintaining the classic look. The last of the V8s did exactly this but I did not want so much power. The same applies to the Plus 6.
As a concept I love it. For me the 2 litre, 4 cylinder, version which must be on the horizon will sell like hotcakes.
My only criticism of the Plus 6 is that I firmly believe Morgan should have fitted traction control. To my mind the car is too powerful for its weight not to have traction control.
You completely highlight all the reasons why I want to buy an old Morgan. It's a fun car and I don't want any of those "driver aids" in it! I've got all that in my daily car; I want a difference in my fun car. And all the electronics...the pictures Dave W posted seem to me to show electronic boxes in the doors...! That's why I don't feel I can go forward with them....all future models will have to have all this stuff that makes us forget how to drive (e.g. my daily has a thing where the brakes stay on after you release the handbrake to allow you to get the clutch to biting. But all it does is trip me up because I learned to do it without the delay.). So that's not MMC's fault that I don't want what they are forced to incorporate. They move forward (thank goodness for newer owners) but for me, as a dinosaur, I want purity, no electronic aids, I actively want to know which way up the coin I'm running over is. There's more fun for me in getting round a tough corner at 35mph knowing I had to use skill, than getting round it at 60mph thanks to the car automatically braking some wheels and getting me round. Nick
