Morgan Plus Four

REPORT 11

£62,995 OTR/£71,245 as tested/£279pcm (Morgan finance scheme)

WHY IT’S HERE

They claim the Plus Four is a modern Morgan. Time to see if it’s true

DRIVER

Stephen Dobie

I’D FORGIVE YOU IF THE PHRASE ‘MORGAN OWNERS’ MEET’ HAS YOU picturing a motley crew of flat-capped folk convening for a cream tea. And I’m sure that does happen. But this Morgan owners’ meet was altogether different: a track evening at Donington Park.

While there was a small bunch of new, CX platform Morgans like our Plus Four, a far bigger proportion of attendees were track-prepped classics with adorable rollover hoops sprouting from their interiors. A solitary 3 Wheeler pulled the evening’s average wheel count a whisker below four.

After nearly 10,000 miles of enjoying our mint Mog on road, it was huge fun to let it fully breathe on track. All told, I was pleasantly surprised by how it coped; light, quick power steering and decent Avon ZV7 rubber ensure you can commit considerable speed into a corner.

The one area I’d undoubtedly improve were I to drive on circuit often would be the brakes. They are very tangibly not up to repeated big stops, and I quickly adjusted my driving style for smoother, earlier braking. All the better as a relative newbie to Donington’s plunging curves anyway.

I also finagled a go in the hard-topped Four pictured: a road legal racecar developed with University of Wolverhampton students. The roof is new (but will make it to the stock options list) while there are semi-slick Avons, retuned suspension and an interior that’s stripped of luxuries before the fitment of a roll cage, harnessed buckets and a removable wheel.

Our Plus Four proved an amiable track toy, so it’s no surprise that a bit of concentrated lightweighting and fine-tuning morphs it into a more precise and very accessible racecar. Morgan will even sell you one with an auto if you want. For now, I want to nick its tyres, seats and wider-angled rearview mirror...