I arrived at Morgan ownership in 2002, after perhaps five years of having given up on Porsche around the time the 993 arrived on the market, in that both it`s predecessor and the 993 suggested to me that a combination of regulation and customer preferences equated to a requirement to alter the design of a "sports car," which had formerly required an increasing degree of driver input relative to the increased pressure that might be placed upon the accelerator, thus designing out that aspect of driveability at least until one arrived well beyond legal road speeds..? All of which seemed to be at odds with my usual driving pleasures.
All that being the case i returned to motor cycling to enjoy my primary pastime, until I followed someone on the road really enjoying a vintage sports car. as it hopped and skipped over the undulations in the road, and he applying all the required inputs to maintain reasonable directional stability...(-: .Not too long after that I went off in search of a Morgan as being the closest thing to that level of requirement of driver input and performance that I might afford..
It seems to ever have been the way of Morganeers to improve aspects of their Morgan`s, perhaps beginning with sorting out the expected foibles it seemed most if not all Morgans were likely to have built in to some degree..? . Searching for more power and all that followed on from finding it, has been the pastime of many generations, and apparently some are still engaged in, enjoying such processes today....
As for the addition of bling and the search for improved comforts along with easing driveability, it seems entirely logical that as we age such such aspects of evolution in Morgans might be well catered for as in the Aero 8 and following CX Morgans.
While the comforts of an Aero 8 certainly attract me, I guess having spent enough time to understand aspects of Morgan related foibles., in time I went back to a reasonably modern Porsche (who are not perfect) for tin tip sports car comforts..
As for EV, I`m in... I have a Tesla and as daily transport it well caters for the old man I have become. I do greatly enjoy the rip roaring old and uncomfortable thing that is my +8, that never felt uncomfortable to my younger self, or was that part of the enjoyment of it... Hmm..? (-: These days the demands the Morgan places upon me during occasional drives out on the warmer weather days can be greatly enjoyed.. I have a great fondness for all that my Morgan is, and represents, and it still looks beautiful to me each time I visit the garage, bringing back all sorts of memories. more so when I have the keys in my hand intending to fire it up and venture out again... (-:
As for the EV versions of sports cars, that to me seems just another example of evolutionary processes, I am not fully convinced on EV as being the way forward, but on the other hand the idea of destroying aspects of the future for others certainly does not appeal, and EV sports cars would seem to be a logical process in providing an alternative to that which I was so very fortunate to enjoy for so many decades.... Preferring a tin top these days and perhaps not one that has grown in dimensions, I suspect this one might be near the top of my list... As ever Each to their own..
