CX depreciation can be quite steep, especially more noticable with the earlier pre MY23 cars. For example, my MY22 automartic car was highly spec'd costing originally about £83k. I picked it up retail with only 825 miles on the clock, just gone 3 years old for £50k. Whether thats an ongoing trend, or just reflective of the current market being depressed going forward, who knows?. It appears that manual prices are more depressed than automatics, and from various discussions I've had with trad owners looking to move across, all wanted the auto version, usually due to problems with some form of infirmaty be it knee, back whatever. Secondhand prices asked are higher at Morgan dealerships compared with non franchise dealers.
I was fortunate enough to find a secondhand car that was the exact same spec. I would have ordered new, so I kept the new price difference in my pocket and just paid for a better used car warranty. The Plus 6's seem to hold their values better especially the post MY23 cars.
If it was me, I would try and get an extended drive in a Plus Four and get a greater feel for the ride, handling and comfort compared with a trad, then its just a question of how much money you want to part with either buying new, secondhand or updating your current car. The one thing that strikes you in any of the automatic CX cars, is the anount of space in the footwell sans clutch pedal you can enjoy and how much more comfortable the seating and ride is, especially the air con on a hot summers day and its a different experience altogether. I had air con in my 4 seater Roadster and it was insipid compared to a CX system.
I enjoyed my trads, I don't miss for a second the need for greasing the king pins, the unyielding harshness of the front suspension for the often jarring/jolting rear suspension. The CX is still a hard ride, more compliant than a trad, still get that seat of the pants, sitting over the rear wheels sensation, the looking down a long louvered bonnet, but made much easier with power assisted steering, a more conventional hand brake position, no trying to balance clutch, whilst leaning forward to release the handbrake especially on hills.
It allows Sue to drive it with ease, she couldn't drive a trad these days the controls especially steering were just too heavy and she now prefers auto's. That takes us from being a car I can only drive to both of us being able to share the driving and the journey rather than it being totally on me.....For me the acid test is whether if offered a really nice trad or keeping my CX which will loose sheds of money over time, I'd prefer to keep the CX, I think all Morgans are currently out of favour, with a reducing customer base and the CX whilst it doesn't have the rawness of the trads many on here enjoy, it's all the better for it. I think the days of bullet proff residuals for Morgans are noew long gone, be it a trad or a CX.
Last edited by JohnHarris; 14/07/26 02:57 PM.
