I think Morgan's decision to build the CX chassis is not one of choice but of necessity to meet safety legislation, emissions etc and for Morgan to have kept the cart sprung and sliding pillar underpinnings since 1936 is truly amazing.
I was in Bell & Coleville yesterday and they have a very limited stock of Morgans for sale but in their Lotus showroom opposite there are literally dozens of Lotus for sale and many are in the £60K to £80K price bracket. Even Caterhams which I have always though of as kit cars are in the £40k to £50K bracket. I'm sure therefore that the new owners of Morgan have done their market research on prices and given their limited production capability logically the best way of maximising profits and survival of the marque is to build higher priced cars.
If a 4/4 were available with the CX platform, I think the main thing stopping me from buying one is the expected price of perhaps £50K, but then again I might not have paid £40+K for a new 4/4 if the existing car had stayed in production. So as it stands Im quite happy to keep my 4/4 and maybe in a few years trade up to a secondhand CX platform car.
Having said that I haven't driven a CX platform car and maybe id be happy to keep my 4/4 forever and save myself a lot of money!
