Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms S/H Market in Morgans

Personally as a young owner (27) I bought a Morgan for the classic looks but with modern (in some ways) underpinnings and reliability compared to my previous classic cars. Almost nothing else is available with similar ideas without a large increase in price.

However the greasing and maintenance elements haven't been an issue to me as I expected that, yet the lack of quality in fittings and fitment were, plus some of the misleading answers bordering on outright lies from the factory has left a sour taste. BHM have been brilliant and totally deserve their excellent reputation, just wish the factory were as helpful and open as they are.

Price wise they are expensive and I did serious baulk at the cost and almost went elsewhere, but the heritage and tradition is part of the price, however I will almost certainly never buy another unless I am extraordinarily lucky as the cost (new and used) is out of my league now, particularly when you see what you don't get as standard! I would love a Roadster or Aero but the figures just don't add up, although admittedly the Aero is in a different league.

When you compare the Morgan to the rest of the market it does stand alone in some respects, british built, british designed and focuses on old skills, but the chassis, suspension and overall quality do not match other cars for the price, something I think they need to focus on going forwards, maybe I am speaking out of turn but do RR and Bentley have difficulties with getting doors to fit properly etc? I understand that hand building a car does result in challenges that are not found in a mass production but you cannot expect customers to keep believing "they all do that sir" or "we have never heard of\had that before" lines from the factory.

I am interested to see where they go next now that the v8 engines have dried up and the chassis development has reached the end of the line (as I see it), maybe a shrunken aero chassis with the trad body?

Admittedly all my friends think I am crazy and cannot understand why I bought one and would sooner have a car along the lines of a Mercedes, BMW or MX-5 for the money, this does make me worry for the future of Morgan going forward in terms of attracting new younger customers. Even I am tempted to import the S660 from Japan at some point if I have enough spare cash in the future!

Just my 2p and apologies for the rambling!

As you've probably read, we have just done 1,232 miles around the Scottish Highlands in Tigger. The car performed faultlessly (yeah I'm tempting fate), and loosened up considerably as I drove him quite hard over superb roads. Everywhere we went, doors were opened which wouldn't have been in any other car. The Morgan, and the Scottish Highlands make an unbeatable combination.

You need to factor in the lack of depreciation with a Morgan against the serious depreciation of most other cars, before you draw any conclusions. I wouldn't have done that trip in any other car, no matter how exotic or expensive.

Surely the increased staffing overheads is more than off-set by the ever increasing prices?

The information is available free from Companies House in the published accounts if you want to confirm your thoughts over the past few years.