After a prolonged teaser campaign, Morgan has finally taken the covers off its new flagship. Replacing the Plus Six, the new Morgan Supersport is powered by the familiar BMW B58 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six engine, but has a greater focus on driver engagement and enjoyment. 

Using a revised version of the CX aluminium platform (now called CXV), the Supersport has 10% more torsional rigidity than its predecessor. A new power steering system has been added with a 13% quicker ratio, and the standard-fit suspension comes with revised geometry, double wishbones, and anti-roll bars on both axles.

The Supersport delivers 335bhp at 6,500rpm, with 369lb-ft (500Nm) of torque available from 1,250rpm. This is sent to the rear wheels through an 8-speed ZF automatic transmission. The car reaches 62mph in just 3.9 seconds from rest, and will continue accelerating up to a top speed of 166mph. 

There’s some serious driver-focused upgrades available on the options list, including a  limited-slip differential, and Nitron dampers that can be adjusted through 24 stages. Buyers can choose between new 18” or 19” wheels weighing as little as 9.8kg. All rims will be wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 5 tyres when they leave the Pickersleigh Road factory. Managing Director Matthew Hole says the car is “extremely potent. All the changes that we’ve made allow you to access more of the performance more of the time.”

Inside the cockpit, the connectivity and functionality demanded by the sports car market has been hidden in plain sight. A digital display sits behind the leather-trimmed steering wheel, and a wireless charging pad, and Sennheiser audio system are available, but you’ll want to be looking at the hand-made analogue dials to get the key driving information. While previous Morgans used off-the-shelf dials, the Supersport’s gauges are hand-made in Wales, and feature Morgan’s own font for the numbers. Rather than being backlit by LEDs, the dials are illuminated from the outer edges. It’s a classy touch.

There are no capacitive sensors to be found here, with rotary dials and machined metal buttons controlling all the key car functions like the heating, media volume, driving mode, and more, with some arranged in a pyramid shape on the dashboard, topped by an analogue clock. The three-piece seats can be upholstered in full leather, or a mixture of leather and fabric, with horizontal, diamond, or square stitch detailing available.

Items can be stored behind the pair of seats, or in a boot for the first time on a Morgan in over a decade. The brand says that there’s room for the removable side windows or overnight bags, and part of the car’s ash wood frame is revealed when the bootlid is opened.

All these engineering and practicality details are great in their own right, but where the new Supersport scores a home run is with the styling. It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? Maintaining the classic long-wing silhouette, the Supersport is a refinement of the Morgan design language. It retains brand hallmarks such as the horseshoe grille, pod-housed headlights, and the long split-opening bonnet, but the car has much cleaner surfaces than its predecessor.

One rear-facing vent sits behind the grille, and the front bumper seamlessly transforms into the wing and side sill that falls towards the base of the rear wheel arches. The hand-rolled aluminium bodywork at the rear is set upon an ash wood frame, with the wheel arches meeting the bootlid on their sharp descent towards the rear of the car. The brake lights are incorporated into the bumper rather than being mounted in pods, and the twin-exit exhaust splits the minimalist rear diffuser. While the winged Morgan logo doesn’t feature on the rear deck, the wordmark is made from angled badges to be clearly visible from behind.

The styling influence from 2024’s Midsummer speedster is clear to see, but unlike the collaborative project with Pininfarina, the new Supersport comes with a roof. A fabric folding roof is standard, but customers can opt for a carbon fibre hard top which can be manually fitted for greater refinement. The fixed roof further enhances structural rigidity when in place.

Speaking at the car’s unveiling, Chief Design Officer Jonathan Wells said: “Supersport has been the whole team’s real passion project for quite a few years now. Whilst it’s been actively in development for three years, we’ve been imagining what a successor to the Aero - our last flagship contemporary performance car in 2018 - could look like… What started out primarily as a styling exercise really has become a fundamental ground-up redesign.”

The new Morgan Supersport is available to order now, with prices beginning at £105,000 on the road. The configurator is already live, and it’s possible to raise the price up to £141,905.40 with almost every option box ticked. My ideal specification comprises Ice Blue paint with biscuit beige leather, heated seats with square quilting, body-coloured seatbacks, walnut trim with aluminium pinstriping, 19” aerodynamically-optimised alloy wheels, plus the all-important Dynamic Handling Package and LSD. 

The first customer and demonstrator examples are already being hand-built at Morgan’s factory, with the first new Supersports being available to drive from April 2025.