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"I would have liked a "Powered by Cosworth" badge somewhere though!"

I expect that the spark plug cover says that doesn't it Jays? It's all about understatement.

I think the big question is though, is this likely to be a better car than the Super Sport and/or the Baby Doll Plus 4?

Jay

I completely agree with your comments. I loved the starting procedure - there is a real sense of occasion about it and how I imagine you'd feel starting a plane.

Paul J.Engine wise if Morgan have bought the whole shooting match from cosworth with no short cuts this car will be a corker. The same cant be said for the roof on the new Aero.

Em

Pops and Bangs are not good for cats. And I don't mean felines...

H

We could always get one of those Sierra Cosworth badges off eBay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281904307021?

Stick it on the back near the Morgan badge

Soar-id

Yeah, but then you'd finsh you dinner, the Police would call around and tell you your Cosworth-Morgan had just been used to ram-raid the local Co-Op.

Yes, the engine has it emblazoned on it! A subtle badge elsewhere would be nice....NOT Sierra like!!

I've only been a passenger in a Plus4SS a few times...not driven one but the ARP4 certainly feels quicker and the back end better controlled. The Baby Doll isn't really a road car so more difficult to compare.......and very special in its own right.

That would be a bit like trying to say which is better, an apple, a pear, or a pineapple.

The Baby Doll is, of course a pineapple. Much more hard edged and spikey with an engine that is pretty much race tuned.

Conceptually the Plus 4 Super Sport is a race it Sunday, drive it Monday car (when fitted with the race kit options). Unfortunately some were not entirely happy with some aspects of the package they received. Best leave it at that and say no more.

The AR P4 is on the face of it somewhat of the same concept but further developed in some areas. Some aspects seem out of place in a race car and some seem out of place in a road car. I have watched the story develop, all be it from a distance, and I can't make up my mind just what the AR P4 is. It seems to have a very mixed personality, perhaps a bit of Jekyll and a bit of Hyde. Perhaps it is just simply what it is, an AR P4

But which is the apple and which is the pear? I leave that for others to decide.

I hope some of the nice options carry over to the series production models.

In any case I am sure the new owners will enjoy the flavour, whatever it is.

So no big Sierra Cosworth airplane spoiler on the back then?!

Not unless a suitcase on a luggage rack counts