My view ( and it is only my view ) on the new Supersports is purely the fact that I do not like its styling, for me the front end letter box and the semi trad front grill area ( or lack of it ) just does not work with the overall design. At the rear end I think the angle of slope is also not right, plus the hard top to my eyes is just plain ugly.. The latest wing mirror is also not in my greatest hits.. I described the car as looking like a bitsa and I still do.

We presently have a Plus Six, we purchased it coming from a 3.7 Roadster.. I liked the Roadster, I liked its looks, it was in todays terms a little crude in operation, but it had soul.. We sold it because I had issues at the time with my left foot and the clutch on the 3.7 is a bit of a push. We moved to the Plus Six as the design looked right, it was an auto, it drove well, it was comfortable for touring plus I appreciated the step up in overall engineering from the Roadster.. I disliked the design of the BMW autoshift lever in the Plus Six ( still do ), but have now sorted that. As our car was a fairly early build we experienced our own share of quality control issues and I hope we have now fixed most of them. We will be keeping the Plus Six..

Now I appreciate that the MMC have invested a lot of money and time in the Supersport, so I hope it works for them. Some folk will like the design, others will not.. thats life.

Toward the end of my career I used to be directly involved in design/engineering in an industry that invested multi millions in the build and operation of specialist vessels and their equipment, so I can appreciate that sometimes you get it bang on right first time and sometimes not.. the important part is to learn from mistakes, quickly improve and move on.. For me the encouraging side of the Supersport just from looking at the pictures is the improved attention to fit ( quality control ) and that has got to be a positive..

Dave
Plus Six "Squeak"
Roadster departed.
1936 BSA Empire Star Q8. 1935 BSA W7-35. 1938 BSA M20