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Hello everyone,
I just came across a very detailed article about the Plus Six from Pistonheads.


https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-buying-guides/morgan-plus-six--ph-used-buying-guide/49088

I have read it. "Still far from perfect but that’s all part of the appeal" is a bit questionable for me.

Morgans had upheld their value for decades with negligible depreciation.
So, why has it changed so drastically and so relatively suddenly?
New management; issues with CX range; or what?
Whatever it was after all those years, it has affected the whole used Morgan market.
Views anybody?

Models didn't change rapidly in the trad era.

The CX Plus Four is on it's 4th version in 5 years. You have:-
Launch in 2019
MY22
MY23
MY24


My MY22 car is a great improvement vs the launch cars but it was sold back to a dealer with the brake & rad recall. MMC then have had what nearly 12 months of colours offers which made it unsaleable.
That plus the constant model upgrade meant I bought a 2 year old car for £57k with 1900 miles when new it was £81k.

So yes to survive MMC have created higher depreciation in my opinion. Good for me but I wonder over the markey going forward.


For the trads I think younger buyers aren't interested. My kids all are no petrol heads.

1. Increase in supply - in the olden days there was a 5 or more year wait for a new one
2. Fall in demand - in the olden days there we many more people who wanted an ancient-looking car with modern(ish) mechanicals
3. Greater competition in the market - current Morgans are competing with the likes of Porsche
4. Cost of living squeeze - less disposable income available to buy luxuries. Nobody needs a Morgan.

Morgan now build cars which fewer people can afford, and at a much higher level in the marketplace, where buyers are far more demanding. So for the last four years, CX Morgans have come onto the market. Admittedly not that many, so for example at 650 units a year that's only 2,600. But they are finding their secondhand worth and as they approach Trad prices, that will also push the trads down.

For buyers new to Morgan, the pricing will be confusing, because it always was. It's really not worth worrying about the value of used Morgans. They are cars to be enjoyed, like any other quirky low volume cars.

Morning, is there a guide to the 'improvements' made to the CX range from MY19 to MY23 ? I do miss the paper copies of sales brochures

Even the classic were expensive cars with lots of problems . In 2011 a 4/4 sport was 42000 euros and a golf for exemple 18000 euros.
My arp4 cost 84000 euros on the trad chassis. My plus four my2020
94000 euros and a 2020 golf gti 50000 euros. But after 3 classics , the plus four is really the best.

To me, much of that reads like something from Google Translate. And the Quality Control on the blurb is not perfect, quote "These calibrations are integrated deeper into the vehicle and adapt gear shifting based on brake pressure and steering angle steering angle depending on whether in ‘normal’, ‘Sport’ or ‘Sport+’ mode." unquote. Note the repetition and rather sparse punctuation.