Nice information: Morgan is readying a brand new flagship mannequin. We’ll see the yet-to-be-named sports activities automotive debut this spring, though the corporate hasn’t picked a selected launch date simply but. The brand new flagship will trip on an evolution of Morgan’s CX platform, first launched in 2019.

The 2 pictures Morgan launched of a prototype present process on-road testing do not present the automotive’s closing design. It’s going to nonetheless seem like a Morgan, however the automotive may have a “modern aesthetic” and an “aerodynamically knowledgeable proportion.”

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Morgan says the brand new CXV platform can be lighter and stiffer than earlier than, and accommodate a BMW-sourced straight-six engine. The automotive may have “enhancements all through,” offering higher dynamic efficiency. The corporate says this would possibly not be a direct alternative for the Plus Six, which ended manufacturing final yr.

The CX chassis that debuted underpinning the Plus Six weighed lower than 220 kilos and featured a turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six engine from BMW. The B58 made 335 horsepower and 360 pound-feet of torque within the outdated Morgan, however the brand new one might make much more. The B58 engine produces 382 horsepower within the Toyota Supra in the present day, as an example.

We should not have to attend lengthy to search out out extra. Morgan says extra data can be introduced “sooner or later.”