Morgan Aero 8

For most Americans, Morgan's popularity, the odd classic style, the whole thing with a cute, old-fashioned, not to mention it's hard to grasp exactly ingilizculug.

Since 1910, the Morgan Motor Company, England, located in Worcestershire, Malvern link was the main employer in the town in sleepy country. The original buildings still operates.

Morgans hair loss and were providing had to be done manually. Buyers in the UK prepares to wait up to five years from order to Delivery.

Car and driver, June 1999 issue informing readers in the first time, which started towards the end of the year 2000 with the delivery to British customers new and completely modern at the Geneva Motor Show Morgan will be released.

Called Aero 8, new Morgan, independent rear suspension, Power Steering and disc, such as an aluminum chassis, the latest technology, The BMW V-8 engine and at least brings to Morgan advanced features. The brakes on all four wheels. Factory 24 cars per week or about 1000 per year for a restructuring that will allow it to double production gave the signal. And reportedly, Morgan would go to the United States fully certified, compatible with bumper and aero 8 air bag test was conducted and the multiplication goes. Arrival the target of the summer of 2002.

21. for centuries, high-tech it was to create a Morgan. For many years, the company completely refused the idea of a new car to be a very difficult task. Five years also was back-ordered. But in 1996, the company's founder, H. F. S. Morgan's grandson Charles. Morgan, I've decided to dive in.

Race, Morgan showed the potential of ratios that can fit in an aluminum chassis. This former engineering chief Jim randle actually it was designed by Jaguar's chassis, but the experienced tuner and racer Chris Lawrence's Morgan Aero 8 was the development of the piece. Give stability at high speeds of 160 mph, but clearly the task of becoming a body by itself was taken by Morgan, Charles Morgan.

From a classic Roadster from the 1930s, which inspired Charles s French and Italian, they drew their ideas of the new car, but admits that reverse engineering is shaped by this one - together they are progressing, they said. The chassis was there, and was made of the body parts, he tripped and changed view at every stage of the company small has been approved by the management team. Sad to say, the result looks like a car designed by a committee. Wide, sweeping headlamp units discharged into the trenches is a cross-eyed look. It's big, but a forced-air Splitter, a conventional radiator grille strange puppet under a "shelf" creates a square tail and sagging in the front with generous curves is a contradiction.

As we know this is not a Morgan. The old car simple and flexible steel ladder frame, sheet metal and specially crafted using a process developed by Alcan production, combined with a rigid and lightweight aluminum alloy chassis panel 32 and was riveted and bonded to each other.

Suspension, instead of editing directly in front of the old scrolls, rocker arms, and the inner coil-shock large units and extreme control arms, drive spring replaces the rear axle. Ultralight 9.0 inches in width and 18 inches in diameter which is five-o-z-magnesium alloy wheels are used.

When the joint is used in every part of the global steel suspension, rubber bushings are used in the damper Assembly only. Two, you have to wonder about the suspension. The rear suspension coil shock units "float" - every two three control arms, on the outer edge of the lower arm, is mounted internally in the upper part and anti-roll bars. Lawrence says: "the role of the center low and the balance with the spring rate I prefer the use of the vehicle."

Aluminum body panels are mostly shaped by machine, although the new car, the tradition of coach Morgan, mounted in a wooden frame bolted to the chassis by continuing. Hence, the natural color of the ash surrounding the cockpit and a thin coating for conventional decoration is not a solid part of the vehicle.

This is the most powerful and most expensive Morgan. 286 horsepower, and in 740il 540i 4.4-liter BMW V-8 engine comes from. Six-speed manual gearbox used by BMW manual gear.

Standing in the open air, Aero 8, BMW is far from the efficiency of a sedan have been sterilized, but the motor, exhaust, Morgan improved with softer sweet, smooth and sharp continues to be. Because Aero 8 weighs only 2200 pounds, strong performance: 0 to 60 mph in about 4.5 seconds, about 160 miles.

Even the most stable Aero 8 represents the jump of the side of the old models you will appreciate. A Rover V-8 Morgan plus 8 with a fast but smooth way is rough, jerky and it is difficult to get on a bumpy road. Aero 8, is willing, but the bad remain stable and surprisingly comfortable even on sidewalks and it is easy. Loses tension and torque, thus you can play with the tail a shop on the throttle, or the wheels return to hell.

Control efforts - the pedals, steering, driving the network - very heavy and have not been matched in a beautiful way. Great AP racing brakes are extremely effective, but anti-lock system would be more reassuring if they contain in bad weather conditions. Morgan Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, tire pressure monitoring system, satellite navigation and modern convenience combine in the internal heating elements such as Windows-ABS negligence seems unreasonable for sure.

Morgan's idea was more beautiful from the truth. Long, tapering hood and Fender skirting there are about a sentimental look at things in an attractive way. This landscape, have been straight through the windshield of the Aero 8, but the new car is progressing better than the appearance. The two tight fitting cockpit and the position of the seat, just in front of the rear axle line, this situation makes the car much bigger than that - in fact, five inches wider than taller and older plus 8. The fabric roof in place (heated glass Rear Window is a little claustrophobic fuck.

The Aero 8 in the British islands of 50,000 pounds (the price of 74.500 $), cheaper traditional Morgan models (4 / 4 22,000 pounds (32.780 $)) and plus 8% of £ 35,000 (52.150 $) allows you to go. However, neither the price nor the view, before more than 500 Aero 8 entrust didn't stop.