DalesPlusFour .... I have a 50 year old crossflow engined 4/4 ... my requirements for the car are specifically to be able to enjoy a genuinely pre-war driving experience in a car that doesn't cost as much as a house with an engine that just tips into the 'reliable and trouble-free' bracket age-wise, but retains all the 'tinkerability' of my earlier driving daysl ... the Morgan is the only car that ticks those boxes ... I don't want a modern car (and definitely don't want the snake's nest of pipes and sensors obscuring the motor in the modern takes of the marque. ) .... I can appreciate all the things you say above, and hope the car is a real success for the company ... but to me modern cars in total have no interest and in my garage serve as dull but efficient boxes to get the shopping. I understand that my requirements for a 'fun' car are a bit obscure, but they do it for me.
That doesn't make me a bad person or some closed-minded luddite (no offence George!🙂) ... modern Morgans aren't for me .... fine and wonderful though they are. A creaking, rattling, draughty 'seat of the pants' ride does me perfectly! ...and that's a check of 'my' reality🙂
K
PS.... I'm aware no company on earth can survive customers like me ... however there are plenty with other tastes who are as passionate about the modern Morgans as I am about my old one ... so all's good 👍
I appreciate the self awareness here. It sounds like your primary problem with the new car (2025) is that it’s not an old car (pre 1940s). That’s a reasonable critique to have as the passage of those 80 years have moved things along somewhat. I suppose the good news for both of us is that Morgan still makes new cars and one can still buy old used cars!
