Morgan Plus Four

Registered from 2009 to 2020.

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About this model

The Morgan Plus Four is a roadster produced by the British car manufacturer Morgan from 2020. The Plus Four replaces the Morgan +4, which was produced intermittently between 1950 and 2020.

From the Wikipedia article Morgan Plus Four, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2011 2.0 petrol. 7 of 42 tests failed.

Where	Share of failures	Failed tests
Brakes	29%	2
Exhaust and emissions	29%	2
Lights and electrics	29%	2
Visibility	14%	1

The defects inspectors cite

An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
Cable damaged or knotted
Emissions levels exceed default limits
Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

Brakes — 29% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
Exhaust and emissions — 29% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Lights and electrics — 29% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Visibility — 14% of its failures

Specification

Year	Measured
2020	2.0 petrol · 255 hp · 1122 kg · 2505 mm wheelbase · 7.1 L/100km (WLTP)
2011	2.0 petrol · 1136 kg · 2475 mm wheelbase · 6.8 L/100km (NEDC)