There is another thing that needs to be considered here, for the LONG term ownership of these cars in the same way the Trad's are cherished.
As mentioned above there is an element of owning the parts process to protect the revenue for the lifetime of the car. However selection of easier to find parts will be far better for the long term availability of the cars.
Instead of unbranded parts from odd suppliers the choice of common suppliers would be far better. It would also raise the quality of the brand. Whilst all the normal ML's needed new parts the Brembo based AMG cars did not.
On the Series 2 the problems with the rear ABS sensors and rings were identified by my local BMW garage engineer. It meant that access to spares is easy in the future. Whilst I appreciate that the Plus range are a big price step up and so a risk for Morgan it feels like an imbalance.
Some of the issues we see with the Aero cars (window lifters, air con etc) are down to sourcing and will limit the cars long term future. Or maybe that is there goal, to stimulate new sales, that would be sad.
The CX brake suppliers are the remnants of Caparo/Lockheed which were Indian owned- so hardly a spurious supply chain
WRT the Aero series cars I’m trying my best to source and keep the spares on the shelf. I’ve got most of the S1 wear and tear parts in stock The biggest issues are going to be the “black boxes”. Most of the S1 stuff was bespoke- and in potted sealed boxes so really difficult to reverse engineer . The chemicals to remove epoxy potting are pretty nasty- and can damage the circuits inside
I’ve already been asked by the dealer chain to look into the CX radiators And the factory send me Aero S1 parts requests….
