Morgan Plus 4 is the most exciting, fun, sporty car to drive; Morgan Plus 4 Review & Road Test
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2018
- The Morgan Plus 4 is a stunning car hand built to perfection by the British motor manufacturer Morgan Motor Company, based in the beautiful rolling hills of Malvern in England. Why wouldnt you buy a Morgan Plus 4, its incredible to drive and onlookers can only dream of owning a Morgan. The Morgan Plus 4 is more versatile than any other of its kind. If you love British, if you voted out of the EU, then this car is for you!
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Thank you for the review!! Really full of spirit and tells you all about the car. I've been on a Morgan binge, and people who don't understand, won't understand.
Great review - video quality is also much better in this video vs the older ones. Thanks!
I considered buying a new Morgan a few years ago so I did a 24 hr hire for about £250 (great idea from Morgan). I really enjoyed the car and was smiling all the time I drove it - did about 250 miles through Mid Wales on a lovely sunny day. In the end though, it was just too primitive for anything more than a quick blast on a sunny afternoon. The roof is really fiddly too (even the 'easy up' version) - I ended up buying an older Mercedes SL instead. At the time a base model Morgan was around £32k - the cheapest car in the range is now over £60k - which takes it out of reach for traditional Morgan owners..... The family sold out recently to a Venture Capitalist company - co-incidence?
Absolutely love this car, fantastic video. Would love to own one of these beautiful cars. Very interesting too, brilliant!
As a +4 driver myself I would have had all same comments... Except those related to the handbreak (I love it) and the one related to the radio (i do not have any and definitely do not want one !).
Great to see we share the same passion.
I quite enjoyed this video. It's not so much about the technical details but just what the feeling and experience is like. Who buys a Morgan?... people like me. Saw one at a car show, checked it out, thought I'd really like to get myself one. The problem was that was in 1967, I was seven and my parents were looking at Cortinas and Minis, so it took a while, another 43 years actually, but I bought it, love it, never get tired of looking at it and it will hurt when I have to part with the car some day. Mechanically mine is very different to this car but the quality, the style and to a certain extent the driving is very similar. Shop wisely and they are not too expensive. I highly recommend it. Cheers!
You do an excellent in depth and driver's eye review - keep it up. The sound on the Roadster review had a few problems, and the music didn't help, I'm sure that you are on to that now. Which did you prefer, Plus 4 or Roadster, and why?
You're a awesome host and the video editing is well done!! If you have a lavalier microphone you will instantly increase the audio quality. All the best to you and looking forward to see your next video!
Many thanks for your comment have since bought the microphone as this was recorded over a year ago
A true sports car! Beautiful!
utterly gorgeous I would not hesitate to buy one if I had the time space and money to accommodate it
I visit the factory, never ever forget that. If I had the money for it, I buy a Morgan plus for, it is my dream car. Good vlog, tnx!
Thanks for the comment
Oh, to have had one when I was a young guy! ~ from Texas, Richard.
Texas perfect place to drove all day with the roof down and look super cool on a british car
Best car reviews I've found
Great review :-)
Thanks and appreciated
I share a 2009 Plus 4 with my partner having owned 4/4 for 7 years. We agree with you that it is an excellent car and a considerable improvement on the 4/4. I would like to take issue with you regarding the instrumentation. I consider that the instrument layout on the 2007 Plus 4 is better with the speedometer and Rev counter in front of the driver. My 2009 model had the speedo opposite the passenger and rev counter in front of the driver. I had the 2 swapped over so I’m less likely to get caught speeding. I raised the instrument layout issue with Morgan but, unsurprisingly, have not had a satisfactory answer.
A very good, enjoyable and enthusiastic report thank you.
Thanks for the comment and like you I seem to draw a blank recently when it comes to communication with Morgan Cars
Very enjoyeable review
Thanks for your kind comment
Morgan driving an experience in its own right
As always with Morgan, wonderful car, wonderful fun, so long as it isn’t raining.
Agreed, it’s a bit of a fair weather car. Thanks for the comment
Great car. Thumbs up.
What a lovely machine for people with too much money. It's a win for the fine craftsman at Morgan, and a win for those that need to show off the fact that they don't need practical automobiles like the hoi polloi does.
A win win .
Those removable bits are called sidescreens, not doors !
My dad called them side curtains.
I've had a few Morgan's over the past 4 decades but the new ones do nothing for me anymore so I'll stick with the AH3000.
Nowhere for luggage ? Whats that big frame on the back for then ? Its very similar to a 1960 MGA roadster.
Awesome
Yes, every man needs one...especially if his name is Morgan.
In that case they should give you a free one 🤞
Enjoyed the review. I’m curious how tall a fella you are? You seem on the tall side in the video and the cockpit seems fairly small so I’m curious if a taller gent would fit in a Morgan. I’m 6’3”
I'm six foot , and 200 pounds and I just fit in a Morgan 4/4.
Part exchanged it after 2 years for an Aero8
What colour is the car? Is it heron grey?
This guy is fantastic
Great review
Thanks for the comment
@@AJThePlayerCZcamsChannel you're welcome, do a review soon of the new Plus 6
👍 all over that
The correct description for the hand brake is a "fly off" same as the Triumph TR 2's and 3's had.
Great comment thanks for the information
You're very watchable for a CZcams'r unlike many that aren't.
Thanks for your kind comment, appreciated
Beautiful car, now with a proper engine and chassis. Shame it's only a 5 speed box, these cars tend to get used over a weekend with some mileage, luggage notwithstanding and Mazda do make a very compact 6 speed. I wonder if it's an option? Radio and heater vents are slightly ridiculous - i.e. might as well not be there. Surely something better than this could be improvised? With the sidescreens off the interior is usually subject to severe buffeting above about 30mph. Was this the situation here or have they managed to way a magic wand at air flow? Good review, and although it may not sound like it I love the cars. Real British skills and engineering.
Tell the cameraman that clown shoes on gravel whilst side stepping don't work. Love the vid, and more importantly the car.
Hilarious😂
6:25 And how do you get into the car with the top up ?
Love it
Me too and thank you for the comment
Not just a name, just is! .Is purer coincidence that I find these cars ,Plus4's ,3 Wheelers alike,,everything out 'that' factory says British-Unique & Delectable.
Motorist yearn & envy of anyone drivin one,, let alone own one.
If I win Lotto the order goes in, 1 for me, one for Dad. 😎🤪
(If not a big enuff win, grab one for Dad, he deserves one!!!)😏
Great comments thanks and wish you luck in the lottery 🤞
I'll have to find a good used one. I read that the new Morgans come with paddle-shift only; no stick, no cutch. For my money, that makes it only 4/5 of a two- seat, rear wheel drive, roadster sports car.
Or maybe I'll just hang with my Miata.
Great review Sir!!!!!!!!!!! I love to be a part of BTZ
Thanks for your comment much appreciated
I was waiting to see you get out
Checkout other Morgan vids on the channel! Thanks for the comment
@@AJThePlayerCZcamsChannel wow thanks for the reply, much appreciated
Sometimes it is isn't a bad idea to not have air-bags. Particularly when they are faulty, contributing to your injury and death in the event of an accident!
With the air-bag recall fuckup within the automotive sector and regulatory framework, it can be concluded that there are laws that reward those selling products that don't necessarily match the sales pitch!
I wouldn’t mind a drive of a Morgan one day just to see what it’s like but I would never consider buying one .
If you call Morgan sales They will arrange a test drive for you for no charge it’s well worth it and a visit to Maldon is also well worth it
This is the greatest standing too far away from the microphone video to the point where you can't hear anything and then I had to quit watching because well what's the point of listening to something you can't hear.
Kudos
Should use a Honda 2.0 VTEC engine now that would really sing!!
absolutely! Thanks for the comment
How about a review of the new morgans
For some apparent reason Morgan have been ignoring me since the beginning of this year maybe it’s the new ownership. Many thanks for your comment and if anything changes hopefully we will get some more morgan cars to review
Those bags hold the side screens not the doors and when you slide the side screen bags across the surface of the paint it scratches the shit out of the clear coat.
Many Thanks for the constructive comment
Where you wearing the microphone on your boots?!?!?
This is the classiest car there is : Looong hood, swooping fenders,
and quality all around . Plenty of power from a little 2 liter engine.
Perfect seating, low and snug .
Im drooling . Only thing though, mate, that country music is awful . How about some violin sonata to go with the car's style .
The real frame or chassis is made of steel, not wood. The wood just supports the aluminum bodywork.
....My God,.....it's almost a TR3a.....(I've had mine for 50 years now ! ) .........................
Wonderful car but, err - sidescreens come off but not the doors!!
You know they put the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car right?
No, it's on the right side - lh drive is so wrong!
Would have been better to show closer details of the car, with just a voiceover. I saw more of his face, and arms waving around, than the Brilliant Morgan. What a shame! Will have to look at another review like " HARRY'S GARAGE ", to get a real feel for this car.
The radio position is absurd.! !
No point in having a radio why would you need it when you can listen to that engine
Call me when Morgan offer an electric drivetrain. Otherwise very nice.
I guy I knew was on the waiting list for a Morgan for years, when it finally arrived he managed to smear himself over the tarmac and trees on his first outing. At least he owned it before he died.
Great comment 😂
It's machine stitched not hand stitched.
We are not all bloody rich mate
Ford GDi sounds like it should be a diesel.
What I simply don't understand is how Morgan gets away with selling a car without front bumpers as standard. How can that be legal?
That’s a very interesting comment and I shall put the question to the guys at Morgan and hopefully get a reply from them so I can feed it into the conversation
@@AJThePlayerCZcamsChannel Great! I liked both your video and the car a lot - but stretching the options list by dropping essential safety features from the base model is just not on….
Take the doors off???? They are called side screens!!
SAAB 9-3 turbo only, no any Morgan or RR, it is stone century.
I resepectfully disagree , S2000, is the normal man's dream road car.
“You can smell the petrol, which is what I love”? Hmmm.Actually that isn’t a feature, it’s a leak!
Goes great in a streight line. Otherwise, CRA* brakes, understeer, lets rain in, plenty places to catch a hand on, terrible wipers - forget safety.
That’s why I love this car it has a soul
@@AJThePlayerCZcamsChannel So has my ding a ling but it wont kill me.
YOU LUCKY BASTARD ...PS l want one
Love your comment and yes I am one very lucky bastard
" If you love British, if you voted out of the EU, then this car is for you! "
Hilarious comment given that Morgan has now been sold to Italian investors. Brexit is going to devastate the UK economy and especially its motor industry - as we are already seeing. Morgan will survive in Malvern because its a niche product but it will have to raise its prices considerably for many reasons.
The UK has/had the 5th largest motor industry in the EU even though it was mostly foreign owned. It employs/employed a huge number of people in the primary industry and in the hundreds and thousands of secondary and tertiary suppliers around the major plants.
I don't disagree with you. Brexit will end the UK car industry except for a few niche makers like Morgan.
what a totally ridiculous thing to say. Before we joined the Common Market we had one of the words largest and most successful car industries. It just wasn't (and isn't) in the interests of the Germans for us to be a successful manufacturing industry, so they have planned and managed to successfully de-industrialise us (and often using our own money). Have some pride in this country!
@Jess Thompson-Hughes.
Ah yes, one of the regular conspiracy theories I hear from time to time. "The Germans did it". Variants include the Japanese or Koreans did it.
The UK car industry circa BL collapsed because it made crap products no one would buy. Since then there has been a major recovery.
Currently the UK has(had) the 6th largest car industry in the EU with mainline manufacturers such as Nissan, Toyota, Honda, JLR and many niche manufacturers like Morgan, plus some world class and highly specialised parts companies - e.g. Quaife. Its no accident that most F1 cars are made in the UK.
There are hundreds of secondary and tertiary suppliers of both parts and processes around the main plants.
Over the decades of UK membership of the EU single market these UK automotive plants and manufacturers have become an integral part of a supranational EU wide very high tech manufacturing network operating under just in time (JIT) processes and rivalled only by the USA. Even Japan and S Korea simply don't have the depth.
For example in the manufacture of a Nissan in Sunderland the engine crosses the channel on average 10 times in the manufacturing process. All this seamless JIT processing is only possible in the EU single market.
Overnight on leaving the EU SM this all stops. All goods will now have to be inspected each time they cross the birder and customs and import duties paid. Cars will face a 10% tariff to be sold in the EU. All the manufacturers based in the UK did so because the UK was in the EU SM and they are now leaving because they need to stay as part of the EU wide network and the market is much bigger.
A car plant is a large inexpensive hangar full of every expensive machinery that is constantly being updated and is totally replaced every decade with the latest model. All the motor manufacturers in the UK have other plant in EU nations and often with spare capacity and skilled workers. What they are doing now is running down their UK plants and building new capacity in the EU. They are working on a 5-7 yr time table to be right out.
Dieselgate has made this a very acute problem for the UK because all the EU governments have enacted tax and other legislation to phase out diesel engines and force manufacturers to bring in Tesla style all electric cars and the charging network much faster. Billions have and still are, being spent on new battery and car plants ...but all in the EU. The first new all electric models are rolling out from all the EU manufacturers this year. Meanwhile in the UK, Nissan, Toyota, JLR, BMW(Mini) are on 3 day weeks and no major new retooling or retraining is going on.
There is also the matter that for nearly a year the EU has been advising EU companies that depend on some process or part from a UK based company as part of their own JIT process to find new suppliers outside the EU and the medium and long term term order books of myriads of UK companies have fallen off a cliff as a result.
Oddly enough the best comment on Brexit came from the US Sec of Commerce Wilbur Ross who, when speaking at a business conference in Cyprus in 2016, described Brexit as 'a monumental act of self harm' but he went on to say, 'it was a God given opportunity for EU (and US) firms to buy UK companies at firesale prices'. He would know, having made his billions on Wall Street buying distressed companies, firing the workers, breaking them up and selling the assets.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/use-brexit-to-steal-uk-trade-says-trump-aide-22rkpmfr7
Now with the UK leaving the EU your idea that the EU will be stealing UK business is going to come true.
Ha ha. I lived and worked in Belgium (and Switzerland) and know France well. I notice you cannot address the substance of my comments on the UK car industry. You really should get out of your media bubble.
I do agree that a no-deal Brexit is most likely and I'm looking forward to it. It will be closely followed by the collapse of the UK economy in both the short term and longer term. Scotland and NI both strongly remainer (>75% in both) will have left the UK union in a decade (probably under 5yrs for Scotland) and be back in the EU.
The rump of England and Wales is very sick with a giant boil of pus from 45 yrs of lies about the EU and delusions about the place of the UK in the world. Now as a lone middling nation with shrinking economy and a trapped restive people, England and Wales will be desperate for new trade deals learn to kowtow to the big gorillas on the world trade stage, China, the US and the EU.
Lastly I note your chosen YT name - makes me wonder if you are like Mark Francois - living in the past and obsessed with WW2 mythology of 'seeing off the Hun'. So sad.
Lower quality product in the world
American cars are the best
ILLANGAGE PERERA , are you totally daft? American cars are grossly overpriced pieces of SHIT! TOTALLY UNRELIABLE!
or a real Bentley.
Agreed and thanks for the comment
If that car rolls over with you in it, you're done. Ditto a high-speed front-end collision. No chance.
Please tell your wife the shirt is a tad too big.
I must check with her maybe she gave me another guys shirt 🙀
Made for old folk with bad backs
Knows nothing about a Morgan. Terrible jeans too.
Thanks for the constructive comment and will sack my stylist
RUBBISH
Post 1970’s safety features seem to have passed by this car. The car is a joke