Morgan Supersport review

Morgan wants the Supersport to carve out a bit of breathing space above the smaller Plus Four – which means a sizeable leap in price over the outgoing Plus Six. The Supersport starts at £85,000 before local taxes, which means £102,000 in the UK before you’ve begun clicking anything on the configurator.

Which you will. If Morgan hopes to more successfully lure Porsche owners into its grasp, then mimicking its options structure – i.e. paying extra for stuff that feels intrinsic to the driving or ownership experience – is one way to do it.

There are multitudinous paint and trim options that’ll each add several hundreds. The sports exhaust is £3,109, the LSD £2,542, heated seats £435 (should be standard surely, but maybe they aren’t because Morgan now sells in California). Lighter, 19in forged Aerolite wheels are a princely £4,975.

A Mohair soft top comes as standard. You can swap it directly for the carbon composite hard top in these images for £4,347, but the car isn’t designed to be driven with it removed. If you want full flexibility you’ll need to spend £6,835 to get both roofs which are then interchangeable – with an extra pair of hands at home or when you pop the car into your dealer for a service. Which occurs annually or every 10,000 miles, whichever comes first.

It’s not going to be cheap then, but it’ll be rare, and Morgan says no two cars ever leave its factory the same. Which means you can expect a good chunk of its value to hold if your colour combination isn’t too wacky.