Showing posts with label Aero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aero. Show all posts
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
Suspension by Chris Lawrence - Morgan Aero 8
Up until 2000 the last time Morgan had introduced a new body style was 1964, only 26 glass fibre bodied +4+ cars were built over 4 years and since that time Morgan have successfully focused on improving a design that dates back to 1936.
In 2000 Morgan launched a genuinely ground up new 'retro' design the Morgan Aero 8, a clear nod to Morgan's successful past with an eye on the future.
The heart of the Aero 8 was a 325 hp 4.4 litre / 268.5 cui BMW V8, with fake Morgan cam covers, capable of accelerating the car from rest to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and on to a top speed of over 170 mph.
The all new aluminium chassis, completely unrelated to the steel ladder chassis of earlier models, was developed with the help of Morgan's best known racing exponent and tuner Chris Lawrence. Unusually for a vehicle with this kind of performance the chassis and suspension are so stiff that the suspension does not have anti roll / sway bars.
The Aero 8 has since been offered as a limited edition coupé the Aero Max, of which just 100 have been built and the Targa topped Aero SuperSports. Production of these cars is coming to an end at the Morgan factory, in anticipation of a new Morgan 4 wheel model.
An insight into some of the work of Chris Lawrence, who passed away on August 13th, can be found on this link.
Thanks for joining me on this edition of 'Gettin' a lil' psycho on tyres, I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don't forget to come back now !
In 2000 Morgan launched a genuinely ground up new 'retro' design the Morgan Aero 8, a clear nod to Morgan's successful past with an eye on the future.
The heart of the Aero 8 was a 325 hp 4.4 litre / 268.5 cui BMW V8, with fake Morgan cam covers, capable of accelerating the car from rest to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and on to a top speed of over 170 mph.
The all new aluminium chassis, completely unrelated to the steel ladder chassis of earlier models, was developed with the help of Morgan's best known racing exponent and tuner Chris Lawrence. Unusually for a vehicle with this kind of performance the chassis and suspension are so stiff that the suspension does not have anti roll / sway bars.
The Aero 8 has since been offered as a limited edition coupé the Aero Max, of which just 100 have been built and the Targa topped Aero SuperSports. Production of these cars is coming to an end at the Morgan factory, in anticipation of a new Morgan 4 wheel model.
An insight into some of the work of Chris Lawrence, who passed away on August 13th, can be found on this link.
Thanks for joining me on this edition of 'Gettin' a lil' psycho on tyres, I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don't forget to come back now !
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Perfection In Seven Weeks - Morgan Aero SuperSports
The Morgan Aero Super Sports was launched in 2009, it is a targa version of the limited edition AeroMax I looked at in yesterdays blog.
It takes seven weeks to build a SuperSport starting with the aluminium (clipped British pronunciation) frame.
The 4.8 litre / 293 CUI BMW V8 can be specified with either automatic or six speed manual gearbox. At each stage of assembly only one person is responsible for and works on each vehicle, ensuring job satisfaction for the employee and 'perfection' for the customer.
Notice in the assembly process of the Aero SuperSport how the BMW cam cover will magically disappear.
The body panels are super formed and then finished by hand.
The aluminium body panels are bonded around an ash frame, this type of construction is both extremely light and also meets all the global crash standards required of a 21st century vehicle.
Morgan offer customers a choice of 40,000 colours for their hand painted vehicles, if they don't already have the colour you want they will make it.
The eight vehicles seen here in the Aero SuperSports assembly area will represent an income of over £800,000 pounds / US$ 1.28 million. Seventy percent of Morgans are exported.
As if by magic the BMW cam cover disappears !
Close to complete every detail is double checked to perfection in the Aero SuperSports finishing area.
The next stop for this Aero SuperSports will be either the customer hand over area in the factory or to a dealer.
Chairman Charles Morgan says of this particular model of perfection “ The Morgan Aero SuperSports is a luxurious flamboyant sports car which also remains true to Morgan’s philosophy of lightweight minimalist simplicity. It is a celebration of our love of cars and the romance of travel and is a fitting model to announce during Morgan’s Centenary year.”
Hope you enjoyed today's trip around the Morgan Motor Company following the production of the Aero SuperSport, tomorrow I hope you'll join me in looking at the production of classic Roadsters, don't forget to come back now !
It takes seven weeks to build a SuperSport starting with the aluminium (clipped British pronunciation) frame.
The 4.8 litre / 293 CUI BMW V8 can be specified with either automatic or six speed manual gearbox. At each stage of assembly only one person is responsible for and works on each vehicle, ensuring job satisfaction for the employee and 'perfection' for the customer.
Notice in the assembly process of the Aero SuperSport how the BMW cam cover will magically disappear.
The body panels are super formed and then finished by hand.
The aluminium body panels are bonded around an ash frame, this type of construction is both extremely light and also meets all the global crash standards required of a 21st century vehicle.
Morgan offer customers a choice of 40,000 colours for their hand painted vehicles, if they don't already have the colour you want they will make it.
The eight vehicles seen here in the Aero SuperSports assembly area will represent an income of over £800,000 pounds / US$ 1.28 million. Seventy percent of Morgans are exported.
As if by magic the BMW cam cover disappears !
Close to complete every detail is double checked to perfection in the Aero SuperSports finishing area.
The next stop for this Aero SuperSports will be either the customer hand over area in the factory or to a dealer.
Chairman Charles Morgan says of this particular model of perfection “ The Morgan Aero SuperSports is a luxurious flamboyant sports car which also remains true to Morgan’s philosophy of lightweight minimalist simplicity. It is a celebration of our love of cars and the romance of travel and is a fitting model to announce during Morgan’s Centenary year.”
Hope you enjoyed today's trip around the Morgan Motor Company following the production of the Aero SuperSport, tomorrow I hope you'll join me in looking at the production of classic Roadsters, don't forget to come back now !
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