I think the new Plus Four looks the business and might even take one for a test drive.
But I wouldn’t trade my Plus 4 for one.
The reason is that over my driving career, like others,I’ve spent a lot of my income chasing rainbows. I’ve been lucky enough to buy and run some powerful, scalpel precision cars which gave a great deal of pleasure on one level (owning) but all failed to deliver on another, more important level - the actual enjoyment of driving!
This might sound odd but with 400+ BHP under your right foot, the opportunities to use any Meaningful amounts of that power on public roads round our way is zero. The cars involved (Porsche x 4 Aston x 1 BMW x2) always felt wide on the quieter roads and never really got into their stride. When we went out for a day, I spent most of it worrying about whether some ar5e had keyed the car, broken into it etc.
My Plus 4 with its ladder chassis isn’t the worlds best handler, isn’t over powerful, but every time you drive it you have to actually drive it, and it feels alive at 30 over the moors roads in a way that better sprung, better handling cars just don’t. And I always end up wearing a stupid grin.
The crudity of the Trad is the reason why I like it so much. A better handling CX based car, with it’s more powerful engine, might be less fulfilling to drive because it’s too good. There would be limited opportunities to exploit either the power or the handling. And then I’d be back on the treadmill..I guess after all these years I’ve learned that less is more
Having said all of the above, if I was in the market for a Morgan now (as in I didn’t own one) I would almost certainly buy the new Plus Four over a pre owned Trad car. But I’d not swap my current car for one, even if the new car had an entry point of £50k.
