Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) The end of the last real sportscar

I'm just really glad I am the age I am, which means I have been able to drive a "trad" for many years, renewing every seven to nine years.

It's no criticism of the new chassis, and I wish them nothing but good fortune, but I have no interest in an aluminium chassis car. I loved the driving of a 1930s engineered car, I love all the features which are now classed as problems. I enjoyed coaxing the car round corners, learning to get the best from it, manual gearbox (I know the new autos are faster changing but there's no skill involved, no satisfaction for me - it's a case of input) that feeling that your driving skill was increasing as you got to know the car (it may be an illusion but a great one). I liked old fashioned design of the engineering.....for me the new aluminium chassis cars are a pastiche of the old ones (albeit very lovely pastiches) ......I never really liked the superform wings as much as the old handformed ones, that's how sad I am..........if I want modern performance characteristics I'll choose a modern car.

Luckily for the factory, at my age, I'm a dying out species and so not their future target buyer.

I'm sure they are making the right decision, but they are no longer for me. The end of a long love affair.
Nick