Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Plus Four s/h - which year?

Glad to see lots of you still here - haven't posted in a couple of years! I am revving up (I think) to trade my lovely 2005 Roadster for a Plus Four & wanted to get some advice about model years.. There seems to be some thoughts that everything got better after 2022.. or is that just er.. fake news! And I am confused about whether the model is being discontinued and the offer on the website which seems er meaningless?! Anyhow also dithering manual versus auto (most likely a ton of info about this).. Dealers are offering me £25k/£26k trade-in which seems a bit mean. Full SSL front and back. Hey Ho.. Happy New Year (bit late..).

Here you go

The pre MY23 CX has IMHO a more traditional dash board and not having airbags allows the fitment of a wood steering wheel. I've always enjoyed the trad style dash with lots of polished wood, and for me, its what you are looking at all the time when you are sitting in the car, so it needs to work for you.This is my cockpit and the steering wheel and especially the auto gear lever, seem less noticable and blend more into the background. After years of driving trads.it just makes me feel more at ease and at home , its so in keeping with body styling




Certainly, in the recent wetter and slippy roads, I felt the backend slid a little without much provocation, it still has it's original Avons (which aren't the best), so better tyres may help, but I.m sure that traction control maybe of more benefit, than I first thought on the MY23 and later cars. The music setup I'm finding a bit of a pfaff, but I might have found a solution by having a small blue tooth MP3 player in the car all the time. The comfort plus seats are a boon and the ride of a CX is really compliant and it feels a much lighter car than my later trads. The extra torque of the auto can certainly be felt, and the car moves when asked with relative ease and really economical to boot ..

I really enjoy the CX, I wouldn't go back to a trad, it's so much easier to live with and drive on a day to day basis/ I've had some great times in my trads, but as age catches up with you, I'm sure I will have as much fun in the CX requiring much less effort and not having to think about grease guns on long trips is something I will not miss. . Just simple things like the location of the handbrake means you are not having to stretch and bend forward , balancing the clutch especially on a hill, whilst trying to release the fly off handbrake, in the CX the handbrake is just there by your side, so much easier, especially in an auto.

They are not perfect, they are still very much a Morgan, and just as enjoyable if not more so.

I think we fully agree John, we only added the central armrest with a little storage space, concerning the roadholding and lack of ESP, the Nitron upgrade was a huge improvement. Still have the original Avons too!

For comparison, our 4/4 4-seater:

I'll take a photo and post it tomorrow or Tuesday. They don't get in the way of the adjustment or the "bulbs" used for the comfort seat "rubber hand pump" adjusters.

I also had map pockets put on both sides of the transmission tunnel, they don't hold much, but they are handy to have.

I hope this helps John, it's just till the rear shelf. indeed not cheap, but we appreciate it a lot for all those little things, and its comfy to lay your elbow on, Ours is from MP, but AW in the UK makes them too, seems just the same to me!

I have a centre console armrest/storage on order from Allon White in black leather for my 2025 Plus Four - I’ll post photo when delivered. I think the MP version has a better looking front curve. Both expensive but latter more so. Comfort plus seats are fabulous. Auto transmission also delightfully satisfying as Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.

Joske.
Agreed Brexit - such a mistake. So yet another "export" opportunity lost - multiply all of the many thousands of these small transactions and it adds up to a significant loss. Before our act of national self harm I had a thriving hobby business restoring and selling transistor radios from the '60s and '70s via ebay all over the world, but with the EU being the major market. Brexit killed it dead. It was not worth the hassle and cost of the export admin.

And 10 years on the error of our misguided decision is amplified by all the current conflicts with America and Trump. Needless to say all the opinion polls suggest our voters now regret the decision, although paradoxically one of the lead protagonists of Brexit - now leading a populist right wing party is riding high in the polls rather than being punished for his association with the Brexit debacle. Strange times.

Anyway, enjoy your Plus Four - mine is currently garaged and back on the road from !st March. Cant wait!.