{"id":2046536,"date":"2026-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046536"},"modified":"2026-07-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:00:00","slug":"the-morgan-supersport-is-heading-to-the-us-but-its-missing-two-key-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046536","title":{"rendered":"The Morgan Supersport is heading to the US, but it\u2019s missing two key things"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yee-haw, you can now order a Morgan Supersport<\/a> stateside! Morgan says that securing federal approval under the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act\u2019s Replica Car Rule required \u201cextensive engineering and homologation work\u201d, but that it\u2019ll now be able to sell up to 325 examples each year in the US.<\/p>\n

Although actually, \u2018extensive engineering\u2019 might just be underselling it, because in order to homologate the Supersport for sale across the pond Morgan had to fit it with a whole new engine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So, while UK cars get a 335bhp BMW 3.0-litre 6cyl turbo (with the option of 402bhp in the excellent Supersport 400<\/a>), US buyers will have to make do with 255bhp and 258lb ft of torque from BMW\u2019s B46 turbo four-pot. That\u2019s the same engine as in the baby Plus Four<\/a>, and the only gearbox is ZF\u2019s eight-speed auto.<\/p>\n

Morgan has attempted to soften the blow slightly though, mentioning that there\u2019s the option of \u2018American Walnut\u2019 wood trim and a \u2018Dynamic Handling Pack\u2019 that features adjustable front and rear Nitron dampers that were developed specifically for the US-spec Supersport. There\u2019s also the option of a lightweight carbon composite hardtop that weighs just 19.7kg, and you can even have Sennheiser audio and a wireless phone charger. How modern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Just 50 build slots remain available for the 2026 model year, and prices will start at $119,995, which is slightly more than Americans pay for a V6-engined Lotus Emira<\/a>. So, which slice of Cool Britannia are you taking over there, folks?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yee-haw, you can now order a Morgan Supersport stateside! Morgan says that securing federal approval under the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act\u2019s Replica Car Rule required \u201cextensive engineering and homologation work\u201d, but that it\u2019ll now be able to sell up to 325 examples each year in the US. Although actually, \u2018extensive engineering\u2019 might just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2046536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}