Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms cx morgan

Les, if you like driving modern cars it could be right up your street, on the other hand…

CX plus points:

It’s easy to drive.

I had the auto so there was plenty of room for your left foot. Would imagine the manual has the same problem as the trads.

Good MPG

Less rattles (just)

No need to carry a grease gun


CX minus points:

I had a model year 22 with the supposedly better hood design. Out of the 3 trads and the cx model I owned this was the worst regarding rain ingress.

The side screens are a pain in the backside. They are far too bulky and heavy and narrow the cockpit making movement of your right arm quite difficult and I’m only a small chap. I used to love driving the trads with the side screens off and storage of them was not a problem but with the CX you really struggle to fit them behind the seats. If you get a luggage rack with enough space to hold them it looks a right pigs ear!

With the hood up the draughts coming through the side screens are terrible, you’ll get rigor mortis in your right arm and backside.

The heaters rubbish compared to the trads.

Brakes – no feel and long pedal travel.

As a touring car it’s a pain having to stop every 200 miles to fill up because the tank is so small. Filling up is difficult, takes forever.

Hard ride.

When they designed this new Morgan I thought one of the first considerations would have been ground clearance given the problems with the trads. Well, all they did was alter it from the front to the back – forever scraping silencer, amazed it lasted as long as it did.

I won’t bore you with all the problems I had, radiators, brakes etc, suffice to say after a year I got rid.

Conclusion:

Go and try one, you never know, everybody’s different. If it were me I would stick with what you have, the trads are far more fun to drive and feel like a real Morgan. The CX only pretends and is not in the same league. Progress eh!