New Morgan Aero GT teased
Race-inspired Aero 8 will be shown at Geneva - here's your first look
Bad news first: all eight are accounted for by existing Morgan customers. That doesn't stop us getting excited about limited-edition McLarens and Ferraris though, so here goes. It will use the same BMW-sourced 4.8-litre V8 and six-speed manual that Aero 8s have for a while, meaning 0-62 in 4.5 seconds and 170mph. This will be the last installation of that V8 too, with the engine no longer in production. Sob.
To the important changes for the Aero GT. Every single panel has been reworked by hand - because Morgan - to reduce drag and improve downforce, using lessons learnt from GT3 victories. We're told there's a "drastic" rear diffuser, plus you can quite clearly see the aggressive louvred arches; hey, if it's good enough for Porsche, it's good enough for Morgan. Beyond that there's little else at the moment, although the wheels do look new and will presumably be a bit lighter.
The eight cars will be individually tailored to the eight owners, each to be produced with "bespoke customer-requested additions"; let's hope one of those additions is a slightly less Kardashian shade of paint.
That's it for the tease so far, Morgan hopefully revealing a few more nuggets along the way to Geneva. And by the way chaps, if you need any help getting it there then we're more than happy to repeat Harris's Plus 8 escapade from 2012...
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Why? From what we can see of it (admittedly, not much), it looks great.
Not everyone wants to live in a safe silver world with black leather, you know. Particularly with something as...umm..., "distinctive" as a Morgan.
Frankly I'd take one of these in whatever shade they'd care to send me.
That 4.8 BM V8 now feels like a piece of history, a wonderful, joyous piece of history.
Yes I would get that. Not all the info is available, snippets of facts, bit of filler where the writer is not sure. That's great, it's a fine article. It's a teaser.
New Morgan Aero GT teased?
WTF are you talking about! It's not having it's chin tickled, it's mates are giving it a bit of a ribbing, it's dad isn't ruffling it's hair whilst mentioning that it has a new girlfriend. You can't 'tease' a car.
Please PH, write proper articles using a decent standard of adult writing style. You're getting paid for it after all, it's not a hobby.
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