DaveW is right, the days of 'they all do that sir' are over, especially when you now want £80k for your product.

The recent, and not so recent past at MMC is littered with valiant attempts at introducing new products that are high on ambition but less successful in delivery.

The factory are pretty good at assembling the components, although my first new Morgan 15 years ago had woodwork/bodywork issues and they'd been building the same model for more than half a century by then...!

I wonder if the new (large) design department are too good/advanced/ambitious for the budget available to build the cars?

When you combine the (large) design team with the (large) management team, who talk management buzzword bo!!ocks like the new guy recently employed, high prices, 'average' build quality and questionable quality control you have a perfect storm, the right ingredients for.............. TVR, MG, Austin Healey, etc etc etc.🙃