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That gear selector hurts to look at

Are you joking with that gear selector, it looks horrible in that car

Exterior: wow Interior: oof, especially the gear shifter

BMW is handing out the B58 engine like they're on a charity campaign.

Absolutely no idea why it doesn’t have a manual box. Ruined.

Needs a manual with a wood gear shifter.

Which knobbead thought keeping the knob was a good idea? I literally threw up in my mouth.

Out of all the cars using that engine, I feel the Morgan is the one that should have been a manual. The Z4 and Supra are modern GT/Sports cars, so I can understand the exclusively automatic gearbox. But isn't the appeal of a Morgan that it is intended to feel more raw and involving?

Some say under the Toyota Supra you’ll find a wooden chassis...

That interior is bloody awful!! the Horrendous BMW gear shifter has been mentioned too many times in the comments... but what about that Sport + button?? I would be revoke my order faster than this thing may accelerate. I'd take the + 4 over this purely for that reason.

I wish brands just stopped using dry weights. Maybe all the performance measures should be conducted in that configuration too! Would get you a nice 0-60 of however steep the hill is.

After seeing that gear selector I’m genuinely struggling to watch the rest of the video. Quite upsetting overall.

Automatic gearbox in a Morgan? No, thanks.

The interior has lost something. It doesn't look right at all. And despite it being 'hand crafted', £90,000 is a complete joke. It doesn't even sound good.

Surely a low mileage V8 is the way to go...

nope, i'll have a caterham and bolt some wooden planks onto it... at least that has a manual gearbox

I remember the time when Charles Morgan himself is one of the host at this channel. Will he ever featured again here?

No man, this thing should have a manual transmission. Seeing that bmw gear selector was a total turnoff.

Lovely car until you look at the interior and into the engine bay. gear selector is ugly as sin, which is undoubtedly the only option since they are using a BMW engine. Would have been better off continuing to use Ford engines for this reason. Terrible business decision where it seems Morgan has forgotten who their intended audience is.

They have sold their soul .....the gear selector is wrong on every level

I audibly laughed when I saw that BMW gear selector. What in god's name were they thinking!?!? Were they thinking?

BMW must be making a fortune selling that B58 engine off to other brands... Shame no one else can be bothered to put the time and money into developing a new engine.

That BMW gear selector ruins the car for me

Lets face it. people who spaff 90 bags on a Morgan. Have several other cars.

Morgan should have gone to Lotus and put one of their supercharged Toyota engines in with their lovely manual gearshifts because that engine sounds better and better the harder you push it.

BMW giving that b58 to everyone Haha.

Those headlights sum the car up for me, needlessly new. I love the manual v8 Morgans that had a dirty old soul.

Absolutely wonderful looking car I love it! This is pure lottery win for me. For all those talking about the gear lever, the cost to develop a new one must be much much bigger than anyone imagines. The Toyota also uses the same. So there’s clearly a very good reason why it wasn’t so simple to change. A company like Morgan can’t develop a manual box either if one doesn’t exist off the shelf. They just don’t have the resources. Great car, wish Morgan all the best for the future 🙏

It's the charm gone? (I have a 3 Wheeler and a 4/4 1800 not because they are fast and modern, but because they are special...)

Goodbye Morgan...this is not an option

I feel with all the gimmicks you get with other brands that this should have come with a tea set.

The cost of getting a Morgan legally saleable in Australia means that it's a very rare site on our roads, but I think it looks great and I can't see anything wrong with the interior. It does look a bit like the interior's we are used to seeing in high end hot rods but I see that as a positive thing. I suspect that after a couple of months of ownership other cars would seem rather lacking in flair. It probably should be a manual but perhaps it was to big a job to separate the auto from the computer. No car made in low numbers is cheap so its not too expensive. I can't have one but I'm glad it exists.

Gorgeous car, a perfect balance of classic and modern design and features. I assume the BMW shift knob is there for cost reasons: not only it was cheaper and faster to marry the BMW engine with its corresponding BMW transmission, but because the knob is so "integral" to the transmission itself (what with all those buttons and LED indicators for the shift positions), a custom-designed knob would've been too expensive for Morgan. and IMHO it doesn't detract that much from the beauty and "Britishness" of this car.

Two manufacturers have went to BMW for the B58. It really must be a great engine.....but BMW does make a great I6

Great video, my question is: where are you driving? It’s such a beautiful road!

Auto box is just right. With an ageing population they are aiming sales at the older age groups. Morgan's research shows that this age group has more disposable income than millennials. The above is said in jest so more serious point. Did anyone think that the horn/centre hub looked like a MINIS badge?

It almost sounds like a minivan's diesel engine... Ugh, boring and annoying.

Designer: hmmm it feels like theres something wrong... but I just can’t seem to put my... fingers on it...

What I CANNOT BELIEVE is that Morgan is producing cars TODAY and Wiesmann is out of business. Their top down cars were sooo much more beautiful.

Have to disagree with Henry. The charm's gone. This is a Morgan that has taken two steps down the road that leads to the Zimmer Golden Spirit. OK that's harsh, make it two steps towards the Panther Lima.

I know Morgan's are never perfect and have weird bits and pieces. But this car seems somewhat cheap. Cheapy made that is.

Love it. Perfect mix of modern and classic. So much more character than 99.9% of the mundane boring sports cars out there

Well produced video. Someone should take this to 'Pure Turbos' to get a B58 Stage 2 upgrade for 540hp+. That amount of power in a 1000kg body that looks like a car from the 1940s will be a deathtrap and an unexpected missile!

IS THIS THE END OF MORGAN?

I am so jealous of Europe. You guys have such nice roads. In Canada ours are riddled with potholes and we have an unfortunate lack of twisty roads.

Harry potter driving a Morgan and nearly hit Shaun the sheep in British road, amazing!!!!!!

If A90 supras are in the low 10s with minor mods, imagine a chassis 400kg lighter! I'm not saying I'd build a Morgan drag car, but....

Apart from that gear selector and the steering wheel I'm on it.

First I miss the sound of the V8 - no replacement for that. Secondly, that gear shift knob seems out of place in a Morgan. Third, what are the two holes in the side windows for? They look unfinished and could use a metal through-fitting. Fourth, no manual transmission? So this drives better but seems a mish mash of old and new. Give me some Smith gauges, a manual transmission with a wood gearshift knob, a V8, and I would be much happier.

"bad money drives out good" [Gresham-Copernicus law]

Hmm.. So the 335HP version of the BMW engine in the Supra, which was supposedly bespoke set up by Toyota themselves (to make it sound less "this is a BMW with a not-BMW looking body"), ends up putting out the same HP as the Morgan version of the same engine.... I'm sorry but i'm not into this bullshit. I get that you buy the same car whether you buy a Citroen C1, a peugeot 108 or a Toyota Aygo, but when you also get the same basic car when you buy the top of the line, very fucking expensive, VW-group Audi, Lambo, VW, Bentley SUV, or get a BMW when you pay for a Toyota.. I'm not down with that. Morgan has always bought engine, but i'd never go for a six cylinder turbo charged. Better car or not (and it sure does look like it drives a lot better than they used to): I think the gearstick says it all, to me.

Its Sooo sad to hear that car slushing into gear! The only good points about this review is Henry....Keep up the good work Henry, there will be other proper cars to follow, I'm sure ..

now you've lost the Morgan too .... sad

The idea is excellent. Execution not so much. Needed a retro internal look.

German...auto....no ta.

Nice looking car i am surprised at a few of the bits left in. The gear shifter why not change that out. A few other things. That are important to a car like this

I always like the looks of old English roadsters but haven't driven one I hope I could drive one in the future

Someone could make a few quid selling an aftermarket leather sleeve for the shifter.

Somebody will make an aftermarket gear stick eventually

How much does this cost?

Where's that steering wheel from? It looks awfully familiar but I can't pinpoint it down.

I like the style of the Plus Six. Has a nostalgic tone, the way it whips down UK roads like it was being reunited with the asphalt. And uh, if the B58 available as a crate engine? Is BMW desperate for something? Just asking.

If I had the money I'd get a plus8 or plus 4 because they have a proper manual transmission. Thanks.

What I'd like to see is a V6 from a Ford with a proper manual transmission. Then it would sound right and have the power and torque to match. And it would cost less than a BMW engine to service.

That shifter is a deal-breaker, both for what it is, and what it isn't.

that zf shifter looks wrong.

Can’t believe they left that gear lever on and those plastic prattle shifters, aweful

So it's a Supra with a Reto design...

joke of a car

Can't Morgan find a way to put the roof up electronically? Something like the old AM Vantage roof where the back opens and it folds below and then roof sits on top. Or even just like a standard roof in the new Vantage, Boxster or F-type. Surely there's a way they can keep very similar design language that can incorporate some sort of mechanism for this?! Stopping all the gaps n leaks at motorway speeds in the rain haha

…a Z4 for those chasing the past glory of UK motoring - great attention to detail by Morgan

Steering wheel looks like the one in the original smart car!........I know Morgan are quirky, but for 80K surely they could have made a more bespoke steering wheel considering the driver looks at it pretty much all the time!

That 4:3 ratio is perfect. Well done lol

Same drivetrain as BMW M140i/M240i, not just Z4 M40i or Zupra. Lotus steering wheel?

What road is that at the start of the video? Looks stunning!

£80-90k? I love Morgan but honestly...

Please tell me at least this car comes with a manual? What's the point of driving a classic sports car with an aut.....auto........blehk.....automatic?

Automatic fitting for an old school car isn’t necessarily a bad thing but the way they did it here just doesn’t look right it’s looks so....forced in I guess is the word.

To be fair being mostly made by Germans is quintessential to the British automobile.

It looks really classically modern and as always a superb review and excellent photography.

Offer an option of alum. chassis, but with no electronic tricks. Steering. Gearbox with machining up to date. Injected inline 6, large bore/stroke ratio , increase displacement to meet power requirements for legal road driving. EEC upgrades with miles, e.g., 5000 mile upgrade "intermediate", etc. Why kill the customer? Or get him arrested? These data are out there. Check the insurance underwriters. It's not just fuel. Morgan should prepare for the implementation of the USA law that permits a few hundred vehicle production p.a. by boutique constructors w/o the usual rigmarole.

I really like this car but holy crap that steering wheel does not fit with the exterior. That'd be the first thing I'd rip out.

Not a Morgan though? Now they're doing away with sliding pillar , separate chassis, ash frame, actual in-factory building (as opposed to our sourced construction with assembly at Malvern) - what's left? Now they're just the same as a Panther Kallista from the '80's. Is it now just a "retro" and not an authentic Morgan anymore?

Wow, that's.... not desirable.... at all.... =| I mean it looks good from the outside as always, but now it's turbocharged and has that BMW shift knob and paddles... No thank you, just... no thanks... (Not that it matters anyway, the Plus 8 wasn't offered in the US recently either)

I don't want to be that anorak who shouts "It's a Morgan with paddleshift!", but I gotta concede, that gear lever is out of place. Can't BMW let Morgan create their own gear lever made out of, I don't know, wood? Or anything that doesn't look like an iPhone 11 docked on to a grammophone. Still would like to own one, though.

2:30 ... £90,000 GBP.... umm I'll take the Supra, thanks or a (basic) Porsche 992 911 for similar money (when it arrives)

A fantastic car to say anything else is sour grapes. Outside the British Isles the best place to drive this magnificent automobile is the coast line of Nova Scotia with special emphases on the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Other great locations out side of Europe would include the coast of NFLD. Both are great summer drives in a Morgan.

That BMW gear selector...is the most idiotic decision ever...a huge horrible mistake...it's a BMW or Morgan cheap decision... always in your face

Morgans are okay but wouldn't you prefer a real car? My grandmother's Morris Minor convertible had a folding roof like that. A manual, uninsulated roof is ridiculous in a British climate; imagine the experience of wrestling with the roof on the motorway in a rainstorm. The car should be renamed The Brexit, since it stresses nostalgia and is irrational.

I visited Morgan factory this week and joined the factory tour. It was fascinating to see the details of production and witnessing the heritage. However, I also learned that 9 out of 10 car that Morgan produce has the automatic transmission. I think, a real petrolhead would never fancy that. And I also think Morgan is too expensive what it offers, therefore the company is not really targeting petrolheads at all.

So for me... the plastic paddle shifter and that toy-like gear selector is so wrong in Morgan. I mean Morgan without manual is just wrong... and steering wheel isn't pretty either. Aero 8 is just miles, miles more charming.

Speaking as a BMW Z4 M40i owner, the engine makes sense (as it's a brilliant engine) but the gearbox does not. It needs a manual box. That gear shift looks fine in my car but plain silly in this one.

Sacrilege. Flappy plastic German bits and a horrible selector. The body looks good but without a manual box it's just a missed opportunity.

I wouldn’t be surprised if all the German manufacturers rely on selling their engines to other companies to augment their business model instead of switching to hybrid and electrification fully. Too many Aryan German Union jobs are affected by ending the internal combustion engine as the primary mode of Motor. and that’s not even going down the path of the number of transmission jobs affected also.Toyota interestingly went hybrid instead of fully electrified to augment their business business model, rather than relying on sales of their motors.

So what you are saying then is it is not just an expensive kit car built in a shed by someone called Barry with moderate ambiguity towards panel gaps and a vague understanding of 12v electrics? Inreality of course Morgan now has a an Italian investor and the factory (near to me) has been given a new lease of life.

It’s one of two launch models. It will change for production. They have to ditch the shifter for a wooden or alloy knob and a manual box option! Auto will have a more retro looking alloy selector or push button and lose the auto stick. Has paddle shifters anyway.

Morgan should partner with Ford and use the EcoBoost V6s. They make 375 hp, 450 hp, and over 600 hp.

What this car desperately needs is a manual transmission (available with the four cylinder engine). That BMW gearshift looks terribly out of place.

Morgan are in real danger of going bust if they keep this up, they need a new model, not revamping the same old tractor, they should have kept the earo max , they have real Talent there but fail to use it, their design dept must be full of cobwebs, A manual gearbox is a must, come on Charles, get it together man and make your ancestors proud and ditch that German engine as well get a Cosworth.