RE: Morgan Aero 8 new details

RE: Morgan Aero 8 new details

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SFO

5,162 posts

182 months

Monday 27th April 2015
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gigglebug said:
Isn't the silver rendering showing side exit exhausts? I wonder if both will be an option or are they saying that the silver car is closer to the final specification? I didn't like it as much as the old car when I saw the Geneva pic's but it looks a lot better in these. Good luck to them

Edited by gigglebug on Monday 27th April 20:21

side exhausts are an option .. I suspect will cost at least £1500

gigglebug

2,611 posts

121 months

Monday 27th April 2015
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SFO said:

side exhausts are an option .. I suspect will cost at least £1500
Ah I see. Got to be worth it for that sort of money. I like the rear exit design but the side exit looks so much better

daveofedinburgh

556 posts

118 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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mikeg15 said:
Nice car, but the windscreen surround is clumsy.
^This


Barchettaman

6,282 posts

131 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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gigglebug said:
I've just had a look at some pic's of this as I can't remember ever seeing it before. My god the front is a bit challenging isn't it!!
Absolutely, a very odd looking thing. I do remember it being comfortable though, we were wafted from Bergamo airport to Riva del Garda for the opera festival there in one a few years back. Lancia were very into crushed velour / velvety material on their seats at the time.

2.4 5-cyclinder diesel IIRC.

andyps

7,817 posts

281 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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MikeGalos said:
Europa1 said:
Looking at that I get this weird recollection of the Plymouth Prowler.
Thank you. I knew it reminded me of a badly done fake Hot Rod but couldn't remember the Prowler's name.

What a shame that Morgan has lost their way and can't make up their minds what they build these days.
I thought of the Prowler too when looking at the pictures. Shame is that I think the Prowler had a much better defined front end than this Morgan.

Know it is probably wrong to think this way but to me a Morgan is very British so knowing the Aero series rely on German BMW running gear puts me off, but not completely.

swisstoni

16,850 posts

278 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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The German engine in the McLaren F1 doesn't seem to affect resale hehe

PhantomPH

4,043 posts

224 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Dear me, this is nice from the below angle and in those colours. I've always longed for the headlights to be a little less cros-eyed and so far they still look like that to me. frown


andyps

7,817 posts

281 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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swisstoni said:
The German engine in the McLaren F1 doesn't seem to affect resale hehe
OK, there is one car I would make an exception for wink

But then again, McLaren didn't have a long history of quintessentially British road cars before the F1.

Conscript

1,378 posts

120 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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I desire this car, a lot.

Silent1

19,761 posts

234 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Feirny said:
Still using the Mini R50/R53 Xenons then!
Yea after the disaster of the cross eyed beetle headlights on the first one!

swisstoni

16,850 posts

278 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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I look forward to seeing one 'in the flesh'. I recon it could be amazing.
I saw a white 918 in the flesh yesterday for the first time and it literally drew crowds. A gorgeous thing which looks a bit ho-hum in photos.

Fire99

9,844 posts

228 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Certainly marmite but very Morgan. And in a world of many many cars looking like slight variations of each other, It's always nice to see something a little different from the norm..

Inertiatic

1,040 posts

189 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Fire99 said:
Certainly marmite but very Morgan. And in a world of many many cars looking like slight variations of each other, It's always nice to see something a little different from the norm..
Precisely

I think its awesome, partly because its different to everything else.

RosscoPCole

3,300 posts

173 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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andyps said:
I thought of the Prowler too when looking at the pictures. Shame is that I think the Prowler had a much better defined front end than this Morgan.

Know it is probably wrong to think this way but to me a Morgan is very British so knowing the Aero series rely on German BMW running gear puts me off, but not completely.
So having the V6 from a Mustang in the Roadster doesn't count. And an American V-twin and MX5 gearbox in the Threewheeler is very British. Morgan use the running gear and that suits the car best.

2013BRM

39,731 posts

283 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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I salute them for pursuing this unconventional look, great to see something different and of character being built and in the UK too!

andyps

7,817 posts

281 months

Tuesday 28th April 2015
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RosscoPCole said:
So having the V6 from a Mustang in the Roadster doesn't count. And an American V-twin and MX5 gearbox in the Threewheeler is very British. Morgan use the running gear and that suits the car best.
I did say I know it is wrong to think the way I do, it isn't rational, but if they had gone to Jaguar (even with the India link or US before that) and used their V8 I would have felt it better suited the car.

SFO

5,162 posts

182 months

Wednesday 29th April 2015
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andyps said:
RosscoPCole said:
So having the V6 from a Mustang in the Roadster doesn't count. And an American V-twin and MX5 gearbox in the Threewheeler is very British. Morgan use the running gear and that suits the car best.
I did say I know it is wrong to think the way I do, it isn't rational, but if they had gone to Jaguar (even with the India link or US before that) and used their V8 I would have felt it better suited the car.
I'd much rather have BMW V8 instead of a Jaguar V8 ...

sealtt

3,091 posts

157 months

Thursday 11th June 2015
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I absolutely love it, the looks are incredible! I wonder how they are to drive - manual and auto?

EnthusiastOwned

728 posts

116 months

Thursday 11th June 2015
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One thing from this thread which is annoying me. If Morgan is such a quintessentially British brand, why is the car in the promo photo's a left hooker? confused

Pistom

4,916 posts

158 months

Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Because 70% of their market is overseas would be my guess.