Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) Another Plus Six bites the dust!

It is not the outright power that is the problem. It is the fact that turbocharged engines develop full torque at fairly low RPM. The end result is like trying to force an old nut that is stuck with rust using an open ended spanner: when it inevitably rounds off the nut and slips you are going to get banged up knuckles

I always thought that the ideal sports car was one with moderate power, perhaps a little more than the family sedan, light weight, and excellent handling. Why the current formula seem to want to compete with a Top Fuel Dragster of a few years back I can not imagine. On today's roads the fun is to be had getting along a curvy bit of road at sane speeds in a car tha sticks on the curves like the proverbial dermot sticks to a blanket.

Almost every day we hear of a Lamborghini, or Ferrari, or similar that has been written off but there are many more of these on the road than Morgan PlusSixes. Personally I have never hankered after a mega powerful supercar but I can admire the form and style.

Even with the PlusFour Morgan seems to have opted for the most powerful version of the motor and could easily have taken something with a lower state of tune that would have been more manageable.

In the end this risks to be subject to a similar history as the Chevrolet Corvair.