I suspect the challenges of maintaining the manufacturing processes at Morgan and for as long as they have done would have been very difficult indeed, verging on miraculous given the exponential increase in the amount of regulatory processes applied to all areas of the motor industry. I am left to suspect that somewhere in the corridors of governance there was a desire to turn a blind eye when it came to looking at Morgan for many a year..?
It also seems that in my time of observing matters Morgan, from the late 90`s up to the present day, that EXPECTATIONS of Morgan buyers, or would-be Morganeers has altered considerably, while the old guard are still hanging on in there in varying degrees, and perhaps even they are pleased to have more luxurious trim levels, more compliant suspension and at least some of the electronic expectations that modernity provides, even air con.. which is a long way off my initial expectations of a Morgan..But then with advancing years my Luddite tendencies were softened somewhat for me also to evolve into a selective Luddite.
As I typed above I read of the struggle to match vintage coachwork design and build practices, incorporating the ever increasing degrees in complexity that modern more efficient and cleaner engine design technological advance brought with it, to the extent that it seemed the home mechanics of the time were gradually but increasingly squeezed out of a degree of desire/confidence to resolve some of the ..err..foibles ever expected of a Morgan, that became issues which even the dealerships seemed to struggle with.... Such was the effect of digitisation... Though in time digital advances broke free from manufacturers control over many aspects of access to digital process interrogation when code readers became readily available, and internet education followed suit...?
Though to expect the MMC to incorporate ALL of that which other sports car manufacturers have done by way of digital control, perhaps over riding the process of decision making relative to the act of driving in ALL conditions..? Methinks great expectations are bound to become somewhat disappointed in varying degrees relative to the leading edge of technological advance in vehicular technologies of the day that motorists have been conditioned to expect, much as they may have done over the years..
