The modern iteration of Morgan arguably started with the Plus Six. And now you can get one half price
CX chassis has greatly improved handling and comfortMorgans quite literally need no introduction, so we’re not going to get into the rich history of these cars here. Instead, this buying guide is going to zone in on a ‘modern’ Morgan that went on sale in 2019 and that you can still order as a new car in 2024 – the Plus Six, Morgan’s first turbocharged car.
The answer to that, in the January 2023 facelift at any rate, was an extra helping of chassis, safety and cosmetic upgrades, all done with at least one eye on the US market that was due to open up to Morgan that year via the low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act.
BMW gave the B58 motor a bunch of improvements in 2018, a year before the Six was launched, and more again in 2022, including the addition of port injection. The B58 was well-liked in BMW tuning circles. It did get a bit of a reputation for issues with VANOS solenoid O-rings, leaky valve cover gaskets, crumbly oil filters and small coolant losses but overall it’s been a highly rated unit.
Boot it in that or in manual mode and you would never feel the need for more acceleration. The claimed 0-62mph time of 4.2 seconds might not sound all that special in our modern age but it felt positively gigglesome in a car that looked so old-school, especially when the roof was down, which it usually would be. If you really felt shortchanged on power Litchfield would do you a £720 remap that will take it to 405hp/380lb ft, with a 120lb ft uplift over standard at 2,800rpm.
A popular suspension upgrade for Plus Sixes was the SSL system. This consists of two pairs of tuned coil-overs with adjustable damping plus a new compliant progressive drop link for the quite stiff standard anti-roll bar to improve the ride over poor surfaces without losing roll control when cornering hard. Litchfield does a Nitron-based alternative which they say cures the problem of the suspension bottoming out on big bumps.
It was also useful to have good neck mobility if you wanted to keep track of the road speed and engine revs in a Plus Six, or indeed most Morgans since the year dot, because the instruments monitoring those functions were in the centre of the dash, or as far away from the driver as possible in the case of the speedo. The info you were given in front of your face was the status of the coolant and fuel.
Some owners found that the standard radio suffered from reduced signal strength when there was cargo on the rear shelf. The Sennheiser premium audio with Bluetooth input added a touch of sophistication but that wasn’t a cheap option . A lockable storage bin sitting behind the seats was £300. It was perhaps inevitable that marketing copywriters would go into overdrive on Morgan after it was taken over by an investment fund at the same time as the release of the Plus Six in 2019.
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