Morgan Supersport praised

Evo says the surprise with the 2025 Morgan Supersport is not that it looks old, but that it works like a real modern flagship you could actually use. Its January 6, 2026 review calls the car Morgan’s “most versatile and refined flagship yet” and says it is one they would seriously consider over a Porsche 911. (evo.co.uk) That is a striking claim because Morgan and Porsche usually sell opposite ideas of a sports car. Porsche has spent decades making the 911 faster, easier, and more electronically polished, while Morgan has kept building hand-made cars in Malvern with exposed character and very little interest in chasing lap-time perfection. (evo.co.uk) (morgan-motor.com) The Supersport is the car Morgan launched in March 2025 to replace the Plus Six at the top of its range. Morgan describes it as a new flagship and says it was designed to bring more usability, refinement, and driving engagement without abandoning the company’s long-running focus on “mechanical honesty.” (evo.co.uk) (morgan-motor.com) A big part of that change sits underneath the body. The Supersport uses Morgan’s new CXV aluminium platform, which the company says makes it the most dynamically capable car it has ever built, while other reviews describe meaningful gains in torsional rigidity, steering response, and aerodynamic stability over earlier Morgans. (morgan-motor.com) (carmagazine.co.uk) The engine is still a familiar Morgan formula, but a potent one: a BMW-sourced turbocharged 3.0-litre straight-six with 335 brake horsepower, paired with an eight-speed automatic gearbox and rear-wheel drive. That gives the car modern pace, but the reviews keep returning to the fact that the speed is not the headline; the sensation is. (morgan-motor.com) (allonwhite.co.uk) (topgear.com) Evo’s argument is that Morgan has finally widened the car’s range without sanding off its rough edges. The review says the Supersport still feels “delightfully old-school,” but now adds enough composure, ride quality, and long-distance ability to make it more than a weekend curiosity. (evo.co.uk) That puts the Supersport in a narrow but interesting market slot. It is priced in territory where buyers could look at a Porsche 911, yet the pitch is almost anti-Porsche: less digital filtering, less obsession with objective superiority, and more of the mechanical intimacy that modern sports cars often smooth away. (autocar.co.uk) (evo.co.uk) (topgear.com) Other reviewers broadly support that reading, even when they are more cautious than Evo. Top Gear calls it the “plushest, most precise Morgan yet” but still “vehemently analogue,” while Autocar frames the question as whether Morgan has finally built a top-class sports car rather than just a charming oddity. (topgear.com) (autocar.co.uk) There are still compromises, and they are part of the point. Car Throttle argued in 2025 that the Supersport had moved closer to regular-use sports-car territory, but not so far that it became a practical substitute for a Porsche Boxster or Cayman in the everyday sense. (carthrottle.com) So the praise around the Supersport is not really about Morgan beating Porsche at Porsche’s own game. It is about Morgan making a car that feels more complete than its predecessors while staying stubbornly handmade, niche, and intentionally out of step with the modern sports-car arms race. (evo.co.uk) (morgan-motor.com) That is why Evo’s verdict lands. In a market full of cars that are faster, smarter, and more clinically capable, the Supersport is being praised for offering something rarer: a six-figure sports car that makes its case through feel, texture, and personality rather than software, screens, or stopwatch numbers. (evo.co.uk) (topgear.com)