I might be being a little over sensitive in what I'm about to suggest, and if so, feel free to put me back on track.
I always wanted a new Morgan Plus 8 but when I was in a position to buy my Morgan, the Plus 8 was no more and had been replaced by the 3.7 Cyclone engined V6 Roadster. I am now on my second 3.7 Roadster - my current one being ordered shortly before the Trade were discontinued. I love it, and always have done, and had no regrets about the discontinuation of the Plus 8 as the V6 Cyclone is a much better and more powerful engine than the Rover V8. It has tons of torque and power and there is no doubt in my mind that's it's a worthy successor to the original Plus 8. The V8 rumble has gone but the V6 also has a characteristic deep tone, particularly when mated with the Librands exhaust which pumps it up quite a bit. The Roadster is a beast when pushed and as tame as a pussycat when taken easily. It ticks pretty much all the boxes that the Plus 8 originally ticked.
However, I read today that Morgan regard the Plus 6 as the spiritual successor to the Plus 8 rather than the Roadster. Of course this might be marketing - Morgan want to push the CX platform as the heir to the Trad. But it occurred to me that this is a slight to the Roadster. After all, like the Plus 8, the Roadster is a Trad and the CX platformed Plus 6 is a very different beast indeed, even in styling, although it try's to look like a Trad, but never quite pulls it of in my opinion.
I am not belittling the Plus 6 which is a fine car. But the Roadster seems to get little recognition at Malvern, regarded as a fill-in car between the Plus 8 Trad and the CX Plus 6, a placeholder as it were, rather than a very successful car in its own right and with its own character and unique contribution to Morgan history.
This seems to be reflected in motoring literature as well. There are books dedicated to the 4/4, the Plus 4, the Plus 8 - but none for the Roadster.
It grieves me that the Roadster does not always seem to get the respect it deserves. After all, in terms of power output, it was the peak and summit of the Trad line.
