Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) New Morgan Supersport 400 being launched tomorrow

For me the main thing is that the MMC still exists and employs a lot of skilled folk, as for competing with Porsche or Mercedes in the 60`s to early 80`s terms of build quality as an ideal today, I guess I can understand that the evolution in people`s motoring ideals, has moved on from a time when I spent a decade or so enjoying a series of air cooled Porsches prior to thinking I might enjoy a more vintage driving experience, and found myself in a mid 80`s +8, initially purchased to enjoy the local ish A&B roads hereabouts, However my good lady had alternative holiday plans and decided that a few tours of Europe in the Morgan seemed to provide a sense of adventure, that perhaps doing so in the comfort of a modern vehicle might take the edge off the experience...(-:

As ever, each to their own, and I wish all at the MMC all the very best with their Supersport 400.

It's natural for the Porsche etc. comparisons to come with the rarified price point of these Supersports..

I bought my +6 because it's always been an ambition to own one, proudly put together in Britain and looking amazing. In fact, I've found everything is very well put together so far, better than I was expecting. I'm even happy with the suspension, ride and handling. But it is badly let down by the wind noise, drafts (especially back into the cabin from behind) and the (albeit minor) rain leaks. And that's after much improvement by my own DIY, with seals from Woolies and careful adjustment of the sidescreens in my vice and with a mallet and a block of softwood. Previously I could see daylight past the doors and sidescreens, which is a bit poor. Even now, the single skin roof isn't an ideal fit around the top and back of the sidescreens.

Apologies for taking us off at a tangent, but I was struck by how the factory's effort seems to have a focus on unnecessary performance gains, rather than this final aspect of quality and usability. At this price point I think they could design and build a far better solution, even with the lovely sidescreens, if they put their mind to it. That's where I would encourage them to focus their attention. Then they would have a world beater.

They should have put the arp4 roof . Double layer and better quality. The arp4 was very noisy due to the exhaust and the trotle bodies.

I was on the phone discussing a test drive at Malvern. The 400 uses a more recent version of the B58 which has a basic power output of 374bhp if I remember correctly. It has been tuned to 402 by BMW, and is supplied only to Morgan.

Two cars are currently in build, and customer cars will be available from July.

Also, it is very likely the new gear lever will be added as an option for the Six And Four in the future.