Morgan’s New Pininfarina-Designed Coupe Is A BMW-Powered Jewel With A Roof
Morgan and Pininfarina have turned the Midsummer roadster into a roofed coupe, and they did not just bolt a hat onto it. The new Morgan Midsummer Coupé keeps BMWturbo-six power, adds real weather protection, and cuts production to only nine customer cars, making it far rarer than the 50-car barchetta that started the partnership in 2024.
Morgan Gives The Midsummer A Roof And A Reason
The Midsummer Coupé starts with the same idea as the open car – a modern Morgan shaped by Pininfarina and finished like rolling furniture. The big change sits above the cabin – Morgan created a glazed canopy with a bright center spine running along the roof, then carried that line into the body so the car looks low, long, and properly special.
The roof also fixes the funniest problem with the first Midsummer. That car looked gorgeous, but its barchetta body made the weather forecast part of the drive. The coupe adds sealing and climate control, so an owner can use it when the sky turns gray.
Morgan changed more than the roof, though. The doors grow taller and include handles worked into the beltline, which keeps the side profile clean. The coupe also gets exclusive forged 19-inch wheels with a detailed multi-spoke design. They give it a sharper attitude than the roadster’s smoother disc-style wheels.
Inside, the cabin relies on Morgan’s best trick – making a new car feel handmade without making it feel unfinished. Leather, aluminum, and teak fill the interior, while the glass roof brings in light and a large U-shaped rear window gives the coupe a soft 1940s flavor. Morgan also fits its new aluminum gear selector with a teak inlay.
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BMW B58 Power Keeps The Pretty Coupe Honest
The Midsummer Coupé uses BMW’s 3.0-liter B58 turbocharged inline-six and an eight-speed automatic transmission. Morgan has not shouted about output for the coupe, but the related Supersport 400 uses the latest B58 tune with 402 bhp and a 0-62 mph time of 3.6 seconds. In a car this small and light, that should feel spicy.
That engine choice makes sense for Morgan. The company has leaned on BMW power for 25 years, from V8-powered Aero models to newer six-cylinder sports cars. The B58 gives Morgan the punch and reliability of a major automaker’s engine, while the rest of the car still feels like it came from a place where someone owns a favorite hammer.
The coupe sits on Morgan’s CXV bonded-aluminum platform, but the fixed roof forced serious engineering work. Morgan uses billet-machined aluminum A-pillars, bonded structural glass, and countersunk rivets to help the roof and windshield share loads. The company says the coupe weighs only 2.5 percent more than a Supersport with its hardtop fitted.
HotCars Take
The Midsummer Coupé looks great because it’s… weird in the best possible way. It takes a proven BMW engine, wraps it in hand-shaped aluminum, keeps Morgan’s ash-frame charm, and adds a roof that makes the whole idea easier to enjoy. A manual gearbox would make it even better, but the automatic will not stop this from being one of the most desirable coachbuilt cars of the year. Only nine people get one. Everyone else gets to stare, which is still free.
Source: Morgan
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