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The Morgan Midsummer Coupe is a highly-limited Pininfarina-designed tourer
► Midsummer project expands with reveal of new Coupe
► Fixed roof coupe, designed with Pininfarina
► Only nine will be produced
Morgan is expanding its special operations division with the reveal of the Midsummer Coupe – a highly-limited model designed with Pininfarina.
Following the debut of the roofless Morgan Midsummer barchetta in 2024, this Coupe project came about after a customer approached Morgan with the idea of creating a fixed-roof take on the concept.
Morgan has continued to work on the project since, with this car being the first prototype, which the firm calls the ‘artists’ proof’. It’s not quite a one-off commission, but only nine Midsummer Coupes will be produced, all bespoke and produced in close collaboration with each customer. That compares to 50 of the original Midsummer, of which the final model was produced last month.
Based around the same CXV platform as the Morgan Supersport, the firm says this Coupe is far more than just a Midsummer with a roof. Morgan says it involved ‘substantial structural engineering and development’, and that the roof, glass and aluminium body were designed to be integrated from the start.
Working with Pininfarina in Italy ,the end result is rather different to the removable hard-top version of the Morgan Supersport, with a more upright roof and lots of glazing, such as split glass and a roof letting lots of light into the interior. A Pininfarina emblem also appears just behind the front wheels.
The side window graphic draws on inspiration from ‘60s Italian sports cars, while Morgan says the roof was never meant to be just a ‘purely stylistic addition’, but rather so the car could be used all year round, whatever the weather.
Inside, Morgan has used teak extensively on this prototype in the same way as the Midsummer barchetta, though the firm says customers have the choice of using ‘alternative timber finishes’, such is the Morgan way. Teak is also used on details such as the gear selector and even the sun visors.
Despite the addition of the fixed roof, Morgan says its lightweight aluminium construction means it’s only a few kilos heavier than a Supersport with a removable hard top. Unlike other Morgans, the windscreen is directly bonded to the aluminium structure, rather than using rubber seals.
Powering the Midsummer Coupe is the same 402bhp BMW-sourced in-line six B58 engine as found in the recently announced Supersport 400, though no performance figures have been given.
There’s also no word on pricing, but given each of the original Midsummer barchettas was rumoured to cost upwards of £200,000, you can expect this Coupe to cost considerably more than that because of its rarity.
Morgan says it will shortly begin producing the first commission of the Midsummer Coupe and that ‘further details of each will be revealed in due course’.
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