Well Aerotaff we shall see, I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I really cannot see how!
Offensive, well it's my opinion and I cannot quite see where that is offensive to you or anyone else. That would have to be a personalised attack and this is not! Buyers of new Morgans can reach their own conclusions based on their own research, caveat emptor but, would you buy a new one when 2 year old options have already dropped in value by a third? That is a serious question by the way.
Well, Julian has a point too in his description of classic buyers.... we really are. When we bought classic's new they would suffer a small drop over the first 4-5 years but then tend to level out at a price (retail granted) that reflected the original purchase price. This certainly does not reflect the current history albeit brief of the CX and onward variants and has had a serious knock on effect to the classic market. Money in the bank in reference to a classic was not quite a correct statement but money under the mattress might have been more accurate! This resulting in that existing customers of classics are not flocking in their droves to get their hands on one and lets be honest, these are the same customers who where buying the latest model of their tin-tops when a new switch appeared!
Now wait until the BMW foibles start to rear their ugly heads, Morgan will not be able to cope with the complexity of these systems neither will there be the resources within their network or either knowledge or ability to sort the many issues that will arise, the buyers will then be able to appreciate first hand the money making regime of Bring Your Wallet or BMW! I wouldn't be surprised if BMW had made sure such a situation were in fact engineered to happen this way!
The ethos that HFS designed and marketed his cars for seems to have been lost. Yes, things should move forward but if that's what the big new dream of the manufacturer is then stop trying to make a perceived traditional driving experience and look to the car and insist its a MORGAN.
