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Morgan Motors  will release a farewell version of GT Aero 8

• Morgan Motor Company has announced a new “gloves off” variant of the Aero 8: the race-inspired Aero GT


• Limited to just eight cars, all have a buyer for them


• Aero GT is fitted with new hand-worked body panels, including wing top louvers and a drastic rear diffuser – all reducing drag while significantly increasing downforce


• Each of the eight cars – all already sold to existing Morgan customers – will be individually numbered and with bespoke customer-requested features


• The Aero GT will be officially unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March, 2018

 

Morgan Motor Company has nowadays declared its most extreme roadgoing model to date; the race-inspired Aero GT.

using lessons learned from Morgan’s GT3 race victories, the Aero GT is predicated upon the light-weight metal Aero 8 however with associate all-new hand-worked, aerodynamically honed body that reduces drag however considerably will increase downforce.

Conceived at first throughout the event of the 2015 Morgan Aero eight, the aggressive Aero GT variant ne'er saw the sunshine of day.

But, in 2018, the ultimate eight Aero eight cars to roll out of Morgan’s Pickersleigh Road works are Aero GT variants.

With shut consultation between head of style, Jon Wells, and Morgan’s unambiguously talented metal workers who have formed their ability over a lifetime, each panel of the bespoke Aero GT is reworked by hand with new wing high louvres, deep facet impressions and a forceful rear diffuser.

Contradicting the styling department’s usual approach to maintaining fluid forms, the designers embraced these new body enhancements.

All eight Aero GT models – already accounted for by existing Morgan customers – are separately tailored to every owner.

separately numbered cars can every leave the works with customized customer-requested additions, in line with Morgan’s oversewn approach.

Fitted with a 367bhp four.8-litre BMW V8 and six-speed manual case, conjointly found within the Aero eight, the Aero GT sprints from 0-62mph in four.5 seconds, striking a high speed of 170mph. With the engine not in production, the Aero GT isn't solely a final hurrah for the present Aero eight except for the naturally aspirated BMW engine, too.

The Aero models marked a replacement era for Morgan once the Aero eight was 1st unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2000.

A daring new style and light-weight metal construction ushered in an exceedingly new level of performance for the Morgan complete, that has reached its latest and most extreme evolution within the Aero GT.

 

“The beauty of working so closely with talented sheet metal workers and coachbuilders is that designers are relatively unrestrained in their ability to challenge the forms and their functions.

“Unlike many, we are able to make truly special limited edition vehicles that really exercise the imagination of the designer and the ability of the craftsman.

“The Aero range has always offered Morgan the platform to explore the boundaries of mechanical and styling design and I am delighted the family has allowed one of our wildest ideas to become a reality.”

- Jon Wells, Head of Design

 

“One of our greatest strengths as a brand is our ability to be responsive and create a hand-built car which is truly bespoke to each customer. I am a proud owner of an Aero 8 myself; it has been a stalwart of the brand and offers an exceptional driving experience, that only gets better in Aero GT guise.

“Every Morgan is built to an exacting specification and is bespoke to each customer, as their personality is displayed in every detail. A great deal of emotion is invested in every decision and this experience is only enhanced by the joy of then driving such powerful and unique vehicles. The Aero GT is the ultimate ensemble of this formula.”

- Steve Morris, Managing Director