Originally Posted by Julian BB
I've had 2 boxsters, 2 water cooled 911's and 2 air cooled 911's, (I also had a Macan, but hated it!!).
I've had 11 Morgans.......don't ask, it's a serious affliction.
I'm not claiming any of the above qualifies me in any way to comment on the 2 manufacturers....But.....

As much as I like Porsche I can't see me ever having another, they've become a bit boring, predictable and soulless. They have become very much a demonstration of wealth, achievement and image nowadays. Very fast, which in the modern world is absolutely pointless, Boxsters do handle well, but they're still Porsches. Try getting out at a junction in a Porsche......no one lets you out....!!!!

Morgan:- character, emotion, quirkiness and style. Poorly built, low tech pseudo vintage motoring.
I think Peter, you had a trad before the Aero. Another trad car is the way forward (backward)...

I think that the mistake often made by folk who can afford it, is thinking that because their Morgan cost a lot of money it will be high quality or well made and comparable products from 'real' car builders.
Morgan themselves have, and have had, aspirations of becoming a big time car builder, but aspiration and ambition is tricky if it isn't backed by huge development budgets.

I like the CX cars but they're too much tech and too much money. I think that is probably true of the Aero chassis cars as well.



I agree 100% that Morgan produces a very particular sort of car that cannot be compared with any modern car. In my view the CX cars are drifting away from being "Morgans" and towards mainstream cars, which is unfortunate as MMC has struggled to support the technology that has driven that drift. The Aero cars should have been seen as a warning....

Yes, I had a Roadster, it was a true Morgan: we moved to an Aero because the Roadster was cramped and uncomfortable and neither of us are in a biomechanical state of tune to be compatible with a trad. The Aero chassis Plus 8 ended up going for many of the same reasons and at some point in the future the Boxster may go the same way.
What then?
I really have no idea.


Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...