Originally Posted by Luddite
I find no surprise that the time has come for Morgan to move forward, given they held out long past a time when four wheeled transport really did incorporate the hand crafted skills of generations of COACH-builders.

For me it was the Vintage aspects that Morgan despite all the odds had managed to retain which attracted me. The true hand crafted aspects have in time reduced bit by bit as production..err..modernised..? I do hope that the MMC finds the customer base it needs to keep on going.

As I have typed before it seems to me that the baby boomers are the natural customer base for classics of all types, given that is the age group of the folk I see at classic car gatherings..? That the young seem to be struggling financially to buy homes for themselves let alone classic cars...Hmm! I suspect there may be a "residue" of baby boomers around who have become acclimatised to all the mod cons of their mundanemobiles and desire to have as much of that technology as possible made available in a Morgan, but it seems to me that particular customer base may reduce in time..?

Of course I hope I am wide of the mark.

Just thinking in type.



I tend to think you are correct Luddite. You only have to look at the prices for "ordinary" cars of the '40's and '50's to see that the desire is not there however, fast Fords are rocketing in price as the "new" classic car fan get what they saw when they were young.

Here for a good time not a long time!!
Reg