Okay, we’re cheating; the Plus Six is more of an instant classic.
But at least we needn’t waste column inches here debating whether this car will be owned by those who truly treasure it, whether it’ll be collectable, or hold its value as well as all that.
Morgans are sure things; there is absolutely no doubt about it.
Five-year-old Morgan 3 Wheelers are, after all, barely any cheaper than new ones, and the bigger models cling on to their values almost as belligerently.
The older these wonderfully enigmatic cars get, the more desired they become. But there is a great deal that’s ‘new’ about the Plus Six, not least the £80k price-tag.
Beneath the aluminium body is an aluminium box-section chassis of transformative strength compared with the firm’s old stagers: it’s twice as stiff as that of an Aero 8.
And yet the wood frame that has so famously differentiated Morgan construction for so long remains part of its make-up.
Strip away the car’s panels and you’ll find English ash propping up the entirety of the cockpit, and fixed lovingly across the bulkheads.
The Plus Six is the firm ’s first turbocharged model, using a BMW straight-six.
