Morgan launches limited Midsummer Coupé hard-top with Pininfarina design

Morgan teams up with Pininfarina to take the handcrafted sports car to new heights

The Morgan Midsummer Coupé is an exceptional special project, a run of nine unique customer cars that’ll take this venerable manufacturer to new levels of bespoke creativity

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Morgan returns to coupes with stunning Midsummer hard-top

Extensive redesign creates glass-topped version of Pininfarina special – limited to just nine cars Morgan has turned its stunning Midsummer roadster into an ultra-exclusive coupé – its first hard-top in more than a decade. Limited to just nine examples, the Midsummer Coupé is Malvern's first fixed-roof model since the Aero 8 bowed out in 2015 and brings to an end production of the Pininfarina-designed coachbuilt special. Morgan says all nine cars will be highly individualised, courtesy of the expansive array of personalisation options it offers through its in-house coachbuilding division. No pricing has been announced yet, but the coupé is expected to command a healthy premium over the £200k, 50-off roadster. While the coupé is technically identical to the roadster – sharing its Plus Six-derived fundamentals and 335bhp BMW straight six – Morgan says it introduces "dramatically different proportions", with a bespoke design that "fundamentally changes the character of the car". The roof itself is effectively a full glass canopy, split in the middle by a distinctive dividing strip that continues down the whole length of the car. Morgan says the "roof was never conceived as a purely stylistic addition" but rather to "enhance the ownership experience" by improving refinement, practicality and year-round usability.  Transforming the car from open-roof barchetta to coupé "required significant structural development", the firm adds, highlighting the billet-machined aluminium A-pillars that have been installed to preserve body rigidity.  Morgan chief design officer Jonathan Wells said: "Midsummer Coupé represents the culmination of an extraordinary creative journey. What began as a celebration of coachbuilding, craftsmanship and collaboration has evolved into one of the most ambitious and rewarding projects we’ve ever undertaken. “Working alongside the team at Pininfarina, together with our own designers and engineers, has been both a privilege and immensely rewarding. Midsummer Coupé marks the closing chapter of that remarkable collaboration, but it also represents a defining moment in Morgan’s coachbuilding story." The coupé pictured here is car number 0 – a final design prototype that provides the basis for the nine customer cars. After a stint on display at the firm's Malvern HQ, it will be shipped to the Hague in the Netherlands, where it will be put on display at the Louwman Museum – the world's oldest private collection of historic cars. 

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