The vexed issue. To bonnet strap or not to bonnet strap? A bit marmite these? Each to our own is surely the rule of the road, but I am firmly in the "no" camp particularly with regard to a CX. They (bonnet straps) are, are they not, purely a cosmetic adornment, and for me that offends the lightweight, functional, unmolested unembellished purity that is part of what makes a Morgan a Morgan. Not a car to be burdened with the unnecessary. A minimalist car where everything has a function, stripped of the superfluous. I get it, that some trad owners, given a car with the engineering architecture and style of the post war era want to sprinkle their cars with some cosmetic ambiguity as to the true age of the vehicle, and some even extend the theatre with wardrobe choices evoking a bygone motoring era. But hey, surely us CX owners want to strike a contrast and point the way to our cars being a break with the past, rather than the living embodiment of it. Given the CX underpinnings are so far removed from the "trad" past, I actually think it is a little disappointing that Morgan were not a little more radical with the exterior styling - by retaining the traditional styling cues but thoroughly updating the detailing to produce a car that looks similar but is clearly different to the "trad" and more of the moment - as they have subsequently done with the Supersport. Meanwhile, I relish seeing CX's specified away from the "trad" colour ways and eschewing the options with trad connotations. I want my CX Plus Four to be distinct from a trad Plus 4 and wear its modernity with pride.
Now, how do we feel about wooden steering wheels?
Last edited by piquet; 04/04/26 06:53 AM.
