[size=150]THE MORGAN[/size]
The Morgan is a modern high-end sports car with all the latest tech squeezed into a tiny little old-style body. This comes with three engines all in this review: 2.6-litre 4-cylinder, 2.6-litre 4-cylinder turbo and 4.3-litre V8.
Performance http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
The 4-cylinder engines available in the Morgan are already capable of firing this car along at massive pace. Acceleration from 0-62 mph is under 4 seconds on both of the engines, partially thanks to the 1000 kg weight and partially down to the AWD system. The top speed is quite low for a car that can accelerate in the low down area this quickly because of the high downforce and odd shape, but the thrill you get at legal speeds when you put your foot down is amazing. The V8 engine is just mad. With over 400 bhp and a kerb weight of just 1100 kg and AWD, this car fires from 0-62 mph in under 3 seconds and travels all the way on to 176 mph. The way the V8 responds is just amazing it is amazingly smooth. It is just a massive shame that all of them suffer from having a dreadful gearbox with 3 really short gears and 3 gears with huge gaps between them.
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The Morgan doesn’t have ride comfort. The ride is like driving over a rumble strip constantly no matter what speed you are travelling at and how smooth the road surface is. You could be driving over perfectly flat ice or a newly surfaced road and you will feel every slight imperfection there is and it will feel as if the road was covered in braille. At low speeds it is unbearable, at high speeds it is unbearable and any large bump sends a large shunt through the car and makes the car shake and go unstable. It is dreadful.
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Thankfully, the Morgan has slightly better handling than ride. The amount of grip this car has is exceptional and it is capable (if the road is flat) of flying around bends with almost no drama. If you do get too excited and put your foot down to the floor and corner, although it has AWD, it will get a bit out of shape. The faster you go as well, the better it sticks to the road and the more it grips. It also corners almost completely flat. The steering is also very well weighted and responsive which boosts your confidence and it does feel positively sporty.
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The engines that the Morgan comes with make some great noises. The 2.6-litre 4-cylinder engine rumbles and makes a very fruity noise, the turbo version adds a glorious turbo noise to the mix, and the V8, which is very loud indeed, roars like mad and sounds great. Unfortunately these engines are always loud no matter what revs it is doing and what speed you are travelling at. Going along at motorway speeds it is constantly rumbling and groaning and it becomes very tiresome. Thankfully, road and wind noise are reasonably well kept under control, well, it is that or you can’t hear it under the engine racket.
Equipment http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
The Morgan, unlike the real one which has the tech from the 1950s, comes full with modern tech and other gadgets that you would expect in to find in some of your more expensive saloon cars and SUVs. Climate control, sat-nav, Bluetooth etc all come as standard, however it doesn’t come with anything you would find in luxury cars. It is even more surprising that it has this level of tech when you consider this is a lightweight sports car, and in most of these cars the tech is usually all either stripped out or not even considered in the first place.
Quality http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
Something else that is shocking that can be added to the mix is the interior quality. Although it isn’t your typical materials that you expect in a nice quality interior such as leathers, metals and wood, it still is a very nice place to sit with some nice materials. Carbon fibre is spread all around the cabin and unpainted too, as well as some other lightweight metals. The whole thing feels very well screwed together, but if you do go into the hidden away parts of the cabin at the front and the lower areas of the back, you will discover that there is basically nothing there at all or maybe just a very cheap and incredibly flimsy, lightweight plastic.
Reliability http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
The amount of time and effort that is put into the creating the Morgan is outstanding. It takes Morgan 300 hours to make the V8 engine and it has been said that their engine will be capable of a fair amount more than 40000 miles without servicing and still be able to run perfectly fine. The attention to detail when you look at the moment and the way everything feels just assures you that the engine is probably going to live longer than you are. The interior all feels very nicely put together apart from the bits where the isn’t actually anything there in the first place. We have no idea what the electronics are going to last like, but as they are new I expect them to be reasonably reliable.
Running Costs http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
The engines in the Morgan, as well as being extremely nice to look at, listen to (when you want to) and very reliable, is very fuel efficient. The 2.6-litre turbo is capable, under careful driving, of achieving over 40 mpg, which is great for a 300+ bhp engine. The V8 does cost a fair bit more to fuel and the NA 2.6-litre engine is almost as good as the turbo variant. What is expected is that it will cost an awful lot to insure and the servicing costs that Morgan quote are eye-watering.
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As well as having a lot of equipment to help make journeys a bit more enjoyable, it also comes with a reasonable amount of safety tech. There is no traction control or electronic stability management which can mean that sudden movements could make the car a bit unstable, but in the event that you do crash there is more than enough to help keep you safe. There are airbags all around the cabin and as long as you don’t crash too hard (because I do wonder if the body is structurally secure) you should walk out completely unscathed.
OVERALL http://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/firmLlM.png
For: Ballistic acceleration, good fuel economy, bulletproof reliability, well equipped
Against: Dreadful ride, poor refinement, dreadful gearbox
The Morgan has proven itself to be a very decent top of the range sports car. The modernity added into an old body is a pretty fun concept and it has been done pretty well here. If the car had a better ride and the engine noise was kept out a bit better it could be a contender for a 5-star car, because that way the whole car would improve. Good job there!
THE BIT THAT ISN’T A REVIEW
Please send me a .zip containing the engine, platform and model and not just the model please. It would also be better if you sent it to me by PM (rule added in original post). Thanks 
I would love to have the sportier version and it will probably be best if we spoke about it in PM as then that way you can speak to me in Spanish
Just wait for it. Really like the idea of this though!
