RE: Morgan Aero 8 new details
Discussion
Escort3500 said:
Great design apart from the woeful front, though it might look better in the flesh. Hopefully.....
I feel the dodgy bits of styling look worst in the flesh but let's not forget that Morgan is little more than a glorified kit car being nailed together at their own premises.Having said that, there are some aspects of the Aero which can be admired. They have a bonded aluminium chassis which is light, strong and reasonably stiff. For under £100K they offer a completely personal car which performs reasonably well.
I think they are a bit of a bargain really.
The traditional cars are good fun. For under £40K you get a brand new classic car. You couldn't do a restoration for the price.
The 3 wheeler takes current technology and puts it into a retro design. God knows why they only ask £30K for them but I guess they are a high days and holidays car so feel they can't get more.
I don't know how they have survived but am glad they have.
Pistom said:
I feel the dodgy bits of styling look worst in the flesh but let's not forget that Morgan is little more than a glorified kit car being nailed together at their own premises.
Having said that, there are some aspects of the Aero which can be admired. They have a bonded aluminium chassis which is light, strong and reasonably stiff. For under £100K they offer a completely personal car which performs reasonably well.
I think they are a bit of a bargain really.
The traditional cars are good fun. For under £40K you get a brand new classic car. You couldn't do a restoration for the price.
The 3 wheeler takes current technology and puts it into a retro design. God knows why they only ask £30K for them but I guess they are a high days and holidays car so feel they can't get more.
I don't know how they have survived but am glad they have.
I agree with all this apart from the bit about "little more than a glorified kit car". I think their production processes elevate them well above that. Having said that, there are some aspects of the Aero which can be admired. They have a bonded aluminium chassis which is light, strong and reasonably stiff. For under £100K they offer a completely personal car which performs reasonably well.
I think they are a bit of a bargain really.
The traditional cars are good fun. For under £40K you get a brand new classic car. You couldn't do a restoration for the price.
The 3 wheeler takes current technology and puts it into a retro design. God knows why they only ask £30K for them but I guess they are a high days and holidays car so feel they can't get more.
I don't know how they have survived but am glad they have.
I had a test drive in a new one a couple of weeks ago and was very smitten. The Aero felt like a special occasion to drive and they get more positive attention that most other £100k cars. I would love one as a GT car as it never felt like you needed to hurry anywhere but still made good progress. With that in mind I wouldn't want a manual one as the transmission tunnel means there is very little room in the footwell, certainly not enough for me to rest my left foot off the clutch pedal. The auto suits a more leisurely progress as well for me.
The negatives, I think quite a few people are still waiting on delivery for the new model? The rear exhausts didn't seem to make anywhere near enough noise for me, while the side exit exhausts a little too much. The rear exhausts also seemed to reduce the ground clearance of the rear quite significantly.
You can have pretty much any colour combo you fancy, but a custom paint, leather and wood option with one of the sports pack will push the car to a bit over £100k.
I think most of the dealers have taken an Aero 8 as a demo car, so in a few years there will be more cars on the second hand market, which might push the price down.
The negatives, I think quite a few people are still waiting on delivery for the new model? The rear exhausts didn't seem to make anywhere near enough noise for me, while the side exit exhausts a little too much. The rear exhausts also seemed to reduce the ground clearance of the rear quite significantly.
You can have pretty much any colour combo you fancy, but a custom paint, leather and wood option with one of the sports pack will push the car to a bit over £100k.
I think most of the dealers have taken an Aero 8 as a demo car, so in a few years there will be more cars on the second hand market, which might push the price down.
swisstoni said:
I agree with all this apart from the bit about "little more than a glorified kit car". I think their production processes elevate them well above that.
Which part of their production process? The ash frame? I don't see sticking with a technology which was outmoded 80 years ago as elevating them. It's just quaint.The traditional cars use a simple frame chassis with lots of donor mechanicals and electrics as did kit cars of the 80s. Granted the sliding pillar suspension is pure Morgan but several kit car manufacturers designed/built their own suspension and again, it is quaint rather than effective.
I can't think of anything they have developed themselves recently other than the styling of the newer cars which is at about the level of an amateur car builder hence the comments here.
Even the Aero chassis uses standard bonded sheet technology copied from Lotus/Renault.
I don't want to sound disparaging as they build great fun cars and in the case of the Aero 8, a fun performance car which gives individuality for less than 6 figures but they somehow survived times when more capable manufacturers didn't.
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