I've used leather offcuts from the factory for a long time. They sold a largish bag of leather for a fiver, in a range of colours, but sadly since the change in management they no longer do that.
During the migration period to the CX range, leather was sitll available, so I got some blue and whatever the other colour was from the launch Plus Six. As Simon mentioned above, this is much more similar to VW leather (for example), which is nowhere near as soft as Morgan leather once was. This is very obvious when trying to stretch a piece of leather over a curved surface. The thickness is crucial, and thinned hides stretch much more easily, but the later leathers I have are thin, but also appear to have a backing layer which makes them much harder to stretch. I have made some drinks coasters from the CX intro leathers, and they remain flat and without shrinkage, even when heated by a mug of tea. The older leather is much softer under those conditions, and would crease and get crumpled edges.
What you can take from this is that the current leathers will be hard wearing, like any other automotive leather, but whereas there was once a big difference in quality between Morgan leather and the rest, now I don't think you would see that. The VW leather in our Golf is very rigid and plasticky in comparison to the soft supple leather in both My Trads.
Leather will scuff. Rings, fingermails and keys, but is also repairable. It will sand down, it will fill, it will re-dye. Our son in law has just used a furniture clinic steering wheel repair kit (who knew?) on an old leather Golf wheel, and quite honestly it looks like new. Lacquered wood on the console will also scuff, so I don't think there's much to chose between the two.
