RE: Jaw-dropping Morgan Midsummer unveiled

[Hoofy]

Nice. Love the use of wood.

Can't help but think, however, could this be Morgan's first mid-engined supercar?



Imagine if that was the front.

[MightyBadger]

A lovely design and great looking car completely ruined by the steering wheel.

[kambites]

Orange Rocket said:

My goodness that's beautiful!

The only things that take away from the aesthetic are the steering wheel and drive selector, otherwise that's a fabulous piece of design.

That the rest of the design is so stunning makes the horribly out-of-place steering wheel, column cowl and drive selector all the more tragic.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 16th May 10:54

[theJT]

First Morgan I've ever seen where the tail looks properly proportioned. Absolutely magnificent.

[Wills2]

MightyBadger said:

A lovely design and great looking car completely ruined by the steering wheel.

Now you've pointed that out, it does need some sort of retro styled wood/alloy 3 spoke, other than that it's pure la dolce vita to my eyes.

[whp1983]

Beautiful…. Hopefully the non special editions morph into this too in time

[RosscoPCole]

That is a stunning motor car. Well done Morgan and Pininfarina. It is obviously a Morgan, but the details make it look completely different. The way they have combined modern and older design cues especially at the rear is gorgeous.

[LRDefender]

KTF said:

Needs a windscreen to balance it out imo but otherwise looks great. Doubt they will have any trouble selling them.

+ 1

What a lovely looking car that is, just the right amount of modern and retro design to my eyes.

[Snubs]

Agree with the previous comments on the gearstick and steering wheel, otherwise it looks great.

A friend works for Morgan and they were saying that the order books have dried up somewhat and the days of waiting years for a build slot are long gone.

[pacdes]

Davey S2 said:

KTF said:

Needs a windscreen to balance it out imo but otherwise looks great. Doubt they will have any trouble selling them.

Agreed.

Agreed... Also the headlights need turning in slightly so that face each other.

[BevR]

Stunning machine, the wheels are spectacular.

The BMW elements really are a shame. I test drove a Plus 4 a while back and the turbo 4 really didnt suit the car, neither did the chunky BMW steering wheel.

[crofty1984]

MDifficult said:

Orange Rocket said:

My goodness that's beautiful!

The only things that take away from the aesthetic are the steering wheel and drive selector, otherwise that's a fabulous piece of design.

THIS. Couldn't agree more.

Yep, As soon as mine arrived (oh, no, wait, it turns out I'm broke) that wheel would be binned and a nice classic wood-rim put in its place.
A manual 'box would be my preference too, not that it would matter too much, as I think 90% of the time I'd just spend looking at it.

[Bladedancer]

I'm sorry I totally don't get Morgans at all.
You either have to be 70+ or really, really nostalgic about "old England" for one of those.

[Quickmoose]

So beautiful.... just a wonderful counterpoint to everything else out there...

So sad.... the bits we've all noticed as compromising it all really, for the money that'll be asked for it, I'd be very disappointed. It would feel like lifting the garage door and seeing THAT scratch that no-one else notices.... it'd just pee me off every time...oh well.
It wouldn't be PH if we didn't have something to have a pop at

[Stevemtb]

Maybe it's just me judging by the responses here, but I see a horribly overstyled embarrassing version of a poor car in the first place, wouldn't be on my wish list, ever.

[spoodler]

Stevemtb said:

I see a horribly overstyled embarrassing version

I love old Morgans, but this is like a Morgan for a computer game... Horrible clash of styles, with some jarring details. That said, if I saw one on the street, I'd stop to take a look.

[bobj42]

these things are subjective, but: ugly steering wheel, ugly gear lever, ugly wheels, and you have to wear a helmet.

Edited by bobj42 on Thursday 16th May 16:18

[nickv12]

What a lovely looking thing. I presume there some sort of roll over protection? Not even headrests visible…

[Om]

Bladedancer said:

I'm sorry I totally don't get Morgans at all.
You either have to be 70+ or really, really nostalgic about "old England" for one of those.

Or you might just like cars.

[CKY]

That wood on top of the doors looks a bit odd, doubly so in the shot with the door open. Headlights look a bit jarring also - despite the awkward front end, i'd take an Aeromax coupe over this.