The car Morgan want you to swop your Porsche for - Page 2 - 911/Carrera GT - PistonHeads UK

All news reports (a few of many examples below) are suggesting this to be a Porsche rival, (be it 911 or Cayman). I can't see it myself. Can you? https://www.evo.co.uk/morgan/207580/morgan-supersp...

That rear 3/4 shot of the blue one does it no favours. The whole thing now looks more like a kit car than the stylish look of the past Morgans.

Prices start from £102k I will happily keep my MY23 GT4 The way things are going it could be my forever weekend fun car EV & ICE new car prices make swapping it a difficult thing as sadly it’s no longer in production GT4 for me is such a great car and amazing value for money

Or have both. I have a 911 and an Aero +8. The 911 is a better car in almost every respect, but the Morgan has its charms.

I must be getting old but I like it. The rear 3/4s isn’t a great angle however that blue car would look great with the hardtop off. Light with lots of power and a bespoke finish. I’d have one.

there is as much chance of Morgan taking on Porsche with that as a Love Island contestant winning the Nobel Prize doesn't even look pretty like old Morgans

An ugly mis proportioned horrible mess….and that door/rear wing /wheel arch arrangement just makes my teeth itch.Did no one go ..hmm…perhaps they should have aligned? even a little bit.? Porsche rival…?…please…stop it…

It shouts design by committee. They want to keep the old design but modernise it. I don't think the two things are compatible. Porsche did manage to move the design forward slowly with the 911, getting lost a bit in the late 90s, but they had a good design to start with.

I think it's great to see Morgan innovating and making the case for a low volume enthusiast car. Ignore the 'Porsche Killer' hyperbole, that's just to sell mags. I like it but then I'm in the target demographic as a TVR owner.

I love Morgans and I love 911s, in an ideal world I’d have one of each-a GT3 for track and a Moggy for Sunday drives out with the wife. But one or the other is a tough choice? I could see after a few 911s I might fancy a change and the reality of living with a Morgan is so different to a 911. A Porsche is a Porsche, especially in the U.K. whether you have good or bad experiences of that (luckily I’ve had no bad experiences). But a Morgan? Everyone loves you! There are idiosyncrasies you’ll never have in anything German but the goodwill is like nothing I’ve experienced. Pulling up to a nice pub in a Morgan is probably how I’d expect Tom Cruise would feel if he popped in for a pint. There’s also an amazing scene around them if you wish to partake, not that that’s everyone’s cup of tea. Owning a 911 takes no effort or sacrifices except the purchase price-it’s always the easy option. Owning a Moggy is not like that at all, you have to want to own one and that’s a decision most 911 owners won’t come to. Some might, and more power to those who do-I can’t recall ever talking to an owner who regretted the decision to have one despite the limits ownership brought. As a British company employing British people I hope they can sell as many as they can make.

G Thang said: Porsche did manage to move the design forward slowly with the 911, getting lost a bit in the late 90s, but they had a good design to start with. You could be talking about Morgan to be honest.... the 911 is a design icon, as is the Morgan.

As a previous morgan owner, that rear end is terrible and the hard top does it no favours at all. The front look fine, even without the louvres

The Porsche 911 is exceptional, but not special...that breadth of capability makes it feel a bit clinical. The Morgan Supersport, on the other hand, is an event. Every drive is an occasion, whether it is the raw mechanical feedback, the craftsmanship, or the sheer theatre of it. It is flawed, sure—less refined, less capable in some ways—but it is brimming with character. That is what makes it different....better?

I’d take a Wiesmann first

Jones the cat said: All news reports (a few of many examples below) are suggesting this to be a Porsche rival, (be it 911 or Cayman). I can't see it myself. Can you? https://www.evo.co.uk/morgan/207580/morgan-supersp... ] ...

The back looks like one of those invalid carriages that used to knock about in the 70s/80s. Not far off the same colour.

Rear screen just looks like they’ve had to find something “close enough” from another car and it screws up all the proportions.

NDA said: Or have both. I have a 911 and an Aero +8. The 911 is a better car in almost every respect, but the Morgan has its charms. Same here, 911 and Aero +8

Deanmg said: NDA said: Or have both. I have a 911 and an Aero +8. The 911 is a better car in almost every respect, but the Morgan has its charms. Same here, 911 and Aero +8 Nice! What are the chances?

Armitage.Shanks said: The back looks like one of those invalid carriages that used to knock about in the 70s/80s. Not far off the same colour. Thundersley Invacar : The early ones used a Villiers 2-stroke engine. Fun fact, it had two sets of contact breaker points so it could run backwards and forwards (thus didn’t need a reverse gear) and its dynamo doubled up as starter motor. The same engine was eventually used in racing karts in the 210 National class.

Slippydiff said: Armitage.Shanks said: The back looks like one of those invalid carriages that used to knock about in the 70s/80s. Not far off the same colour. Thundersley Invacar : The early ones used a Villiers 2-stroke engine. Fun fact, it had two sets of contact breaker points so it could run backwards and forwards (thus didn’t need a reverse gear) and its dynamo doubled up as starter motor. The same engine was eventually used in racing karts in the 210 National class. I quite fancied one especially with the deluxe sliding door. Sadly they were classified as illegal for UK road use

Deanmg said: NDA said: Or have both. I have a 911 and an Aero +8. The 911 is a better car in almost every respect, but the Morgan has its charms. Same here, 911 and Aero +8 Me too !! Albeit mine are 1/76 diecast models.

PRO5T said: I love Morgans and I love 911s, in an ideal world I’d have one of each-a GT3 for track and a Moggy for Sunday drives out with the wife. But one or the other is a tough choice? I could see after a few 911s I might fancy a change and the reality of living with a Morgan is so different to a 911. A Porsche is a Porsche, especially in the U.K. whether you have good or bad experiences of that (luckily I’ve had no bad experiences). But a Morgan? Everyone loves you! There are idiosyncrasies you’ll never have in anything German but the goodwill is like nothing I’ve experienced. Pulling up to a nice pub in a Morgan is probably how I’d expect Tom Cruise would feel if he popped in for a pint. There’s also an amazing scene around them if you wish to partake, not that that’s everyone’s cup of tea. Owning a 911 takes no effort or sacrifices except the purchase price-it’s always the easy option. Owning a Moggy is not like that at all, you have to want to own one and that’s a decision most 911 owners won’t come to. Some might, and more power to those who do-I can’t recall ever talking to an owner who regretted the decision to have one despite the limits ownership brought. As a British company employing British people I hope they can sell as many as they can make. Totally agree with all of this. I love it. But I love British sports cars. Previously owned a Lotus Elise, TVR Tuscan and now own an Ariel Atom 4 alongside my 992 GTS

It may be more modern, it may be a better drive, but it is an utter minger. Fugly, fugly, fugly.

And I have a 996TT and a 1980 +8 which I have owned for 41 years and 270k miles. I wouldn't buy. My +8 cost me £6k back in the day. But some still do even at those prices.